Was he not a Catholic? He truly beleived tht his people and Nazi party were "the sons of light". Is it possible that he had good intentions but was misdirected and now as the loser of a war history paints him as a villian? I mean he loved children and animals so he couldn't be all bad. Maybe he has been spared Hell after all?
2007-05-23 12:38:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No.
2007-05-23 12:40:01 · answer #1 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Being Catholic, or any other denomination, didn't mean that he was a Christian. His actions made it clear that he was not a Christian.
On another point, someone once again misquoted Scripture here. They attributed a quote from Luke 19:27 as being words that Jesus said. However, when He spoke them, He was relating a parable and He was actually saying what someone in the parable was saying. This is the second time in as many days that someone has used this excerpt to try to make it look like Jesus hates the Jewish people. The person(s) doing this are full of hogwash.
In point of fact, they are using Scripture to attain their own ends, just as Hitler did.
2007-05-23 19:44:26 · answer #2 · answered by †Lawrence R† 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have NO idea what faith he was... And I am not going to try to convince you that he wasn't Catholic.. because I really don't know.. BUT.. something that you stated... made your question a little "off the point" in my opinion.
You said "as the loser of a war, history paints him as a villain"... I am pretty sure that it's not because of his losing the war that history paints him as a villain, but because he ordered all the Jewish people put to death in concentration camps, etc..
Whether he won or lost the war, history would certainly continue to see him as a villain I am sure.. because he took innocent people and had them tortured and killed. That right there, regardless of anything he believed makes him villainous to me.
2007-05-23 19:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by RotundSwede 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hitler was a Catholic. He said I am, and have always been a member of the Catholic faith. He did say he was doing gods work. Now, apparently he wasn't a true christian. As this is what christians say. None the less. I would think to Hitler himself, he would have said he was.
2007-05-23 19:42:40 · answer #4 · answered by punch 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO it is not true that Hilter was a Christian. He was a "professing" one for the sake of politics only.
His stance would be more palatable to the masses if he professed this. Hitler was an atheist. Better yet, he was God in his own warped mind.
Incidently, I saw film footage of Hilter with his dog and the dog looked scared to death of him. When the dog was called by Hitler to come, it got down and crawled to him. So much for kindness. The man was evil personified.
2007-05-23 19:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think he was probably genuinely demon-possessed. One of my school's history teachers years ago was young at that time and he and many people thought he was the antichrist. The charisma, the way he mesmerised and controlled people, the wickedness, the millions of lives lost for his deranged dream.
He may have gone to a catholic church when a youngster, since he came from Austria. There was a lot of political antisemitism in Vienna he picked up. If he worshipped anything it was Germany and himself.
He's in hell. His attempts to destroy his body to avoid Soviet retribution didn't destroy his spirit.
2007-05-23 20:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by Cader and Glyder scrambler 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The straight answer is most assuredly not. And neither (though usually in a lesser sense) are multitude others who use the name Christian.
In determining such an answer the first thing one must do is define what a Christian is. This term is first found in the Bible, "And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch" (Acts 11:26). We see by reading the book of Acts that this term denoted a people who effectually believed on the Lord Jesus of the Bible, that He was the Son of God who lived sinlessly, serving others, but who died for them and rose again. And that when they turned to Him from sin and received Him as their Lord and Savior they were made alive by His holy Spirit and so overall followed their Lord.
The first Christians were Jews, and lived holy unselfish lives. After they were baptized under water (as adults), "they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart," (Acts 2:42-46).
Such believers did not take up arms or hate Jews, etc., and were the farthest thing from Hitler you could get And multitudes of Christians were soon put to death by Hitlerian type pagan Emperors and later it's temporal successor, the Roman Catholic system. Which, sad to say is neither truly Christian in it's gospel (which promotes faith in men's merit and the supposed power of the church for salvation, rather than solely upon Christ and His blood and righteousness), or it's typical practices.
A true Christian is one who has come to God with a broken heart and contrite spirit (Ps. 34:18), and placed all their faith in the risen Lord Jesus to save them, and was baptized and follows Him. But in this there are strong followers and weaker ones, yet in any case we must look to Jesus and not to men, as it is Christ who is our man's present Savior and future judge. What we do with Him reveals what we truly love, darkness or light, and determines where we will spend eternity, with Jesus in the Heavenly city or in Hell fire. "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" (John 3:36).
Choose Jesus, choose life.
2007-05-23 20:33:39 · answer #7 · answered by www.peacebyjesus 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hitler rejected Christianity. Joseph Goebbels notes in a diary entry in 1939: "The Führer is deeply religious, but deeply anti-Christian. He regards Christianity as a symptom of decay." Albert Speer reports a similar statement: “You see, it’s been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn’t we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the Fatherland as the highest good? The Mohammedan religion too would have been much more compatible to us than Christianity. Why did it have to be Christianity with its meekness and flabbiness?"
2007-05-23 19:46:27 · answer #8 · answered by morkie 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is true that Hitler claimed to be a Christian.
However, many people claim to be 'good Christian people', but are actually terribly corrupt and mean.
2007-05-23 19:57:39 · answer #9 · answered by msxcheshirexcat 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He certainly professed to be a Christian and to persecute the Jews for religious reasons. Whether he was sincere or not is another matter.
2007-05-23 19:40:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Hitler was a Christian, and a terrorist. We all know about the holocaust, and that he killed millions of Jews.
Isnt it funny how no one calls him a terrorist, yet everyone JUMPS at the chance to call muslims terrorist?
I dont think he will be spared hell, but it is not for any of us to say... only Allah can judge....
2007-05-23 19:44:11 · answer #11 · answered by Aaliyah 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋