Why do Atheists keep saying that Hitler was Catholic?

Question

When Hitler did such evils. He may have been a Catholic but not a very good one, he may have renouced his faith, etc.

He was basically worshipped as a God by his followers, and he had strange belief systems about a perfect race that lived in the center of the earth.

He burned churches, and other houses of worship, how could he have been a good Catholic?

Answer 1

I don't recall either Atheists or Protestants saying Hitler was a GOOD Catholic, but he was a Catholic until he renounced his faith by his actions if not his words. We can't escape that truth.

To Quella Bella: His mother's father was a Jew, but he was a Catholic. Look it up!

Answer 2

Hitler was raised as a catholic, and even adopted the symbol of the swastika from the church that he attended.

Just before the German army began marching against other European nations, he signed a treaty with the Vatican. The Vatican supported the efforts of Hitler and helped to train the SS troops by using the training methods for jesuit priests.

there were more christians killed during WWII by Hitler than Jews, but these were protestansts; non-catholics.

Japan and Italy also signed similar treaties with the Vatican.

Hitler was the kind of Catholic that are found mostly in the US.

Answer 3

I'm not an atheist but a Christian and yes, it is true that Hitler was a Catholic and presently has never been ex-communicated. The Catholics had to do a lot of apologizing of which they still do to this day for many atrocities caused by them, or by them backing evil rulers, etc., throughout history. I've never seen one religion that has to keep "changing up" and apologizing for horrific, outrageous acts as Catholics.

The simple answer to your question is this one is correct. Hitler was never excommunicated from the Catholic religion and to this day he still is "a Catholic". Makes you wonder what kind of religion who supports purgatory of which is nowhere in the Bible, and supports praying to idols and symbols, and has many many of its leaders raping young children, and other fornicative ungodly acts, can continue to exist? It is because this false religion suits so many of its followers. They don't have to try hard to "belong" or be a part of this religion. Anything goes.

RESEARCH
GERMANY has exercised a profound influence on history. Its people have a reputation for being hard workers and obedient to authority. These qualities have been a major factor in the nation’s economic growth, so that today West Germany, with its population of over sixty million, is one of the industrial giants of the world.

The influence of Germany has also been felt in other ways. During the first world war, from 1914 to 1918, German armies pushed eastward into Russia, and west through Belgium into France. Before the conflict ended, they were engaged in warfare against an alliance of twenty-four nations around the globe. Germany was defeated. But it was only a short time until a veteran of that war, ADOLF HITLER, began his rise to power. By 1933, as head of the National Socialist Party, he was made chancellor of Germany. In short order he subjected the German people to a reign of terror, and in 1939 he plunged the world into another global war, far more extensive and destructive than the first.

What were the churches doing while all this was taking place? Every Sunday, in harmony with a concordat signed between the Vatican and Germany in 1933, the Catholic clergy prayed for Heaven’s blessing on the German Reich. Did the Protestant clergy make any protest? To the contrary, in 1933 they unitedly pledged unqualified support to the Nazi State. And in 1941, long after World War II was under way, the Protestant Evangelical Church in Mainz, Germany, thanked God for having given the people an Adolf Hitler.

Answer 4

Because he was!
Hitler may have held neo-pagan beliefs towards the end of his life, but he was born and raised a Roman Catholic.
He also took public stands against atheism.

This is basically a huge straw man argument on the part of modern religious Fundamentalists. Equate a rival threatening ideology with Hitler (and Stalin, Pol Pot,etc) with atheism and then tear away at the straw man.
It's just a rhetorical trick to deflect criticism of Religion's blood soaked history.
Now, why would someone want to do that to begin with?
Wouldn't it be more in keeping with Christ's teachings to admit the Inquisition, witch burning, Crusades, Prohibition and things like that were mistakes?
Do you WANT to set the stage for continued killing in God's name?

The record regarding Hitler states just the opposite!
and just to spread the info...
Pol Pot started out as Buddhist Monk
Stalin was an atheist, but so were other revolutionaries that he assassinated to in his bid to seize power!

Answer 5

Pastor Billy says: they do it as a quick way of deflecting their own short comings. Hitler had no great appreciation for the Catholic Church and the Nazis in fact murdered many Catholics, priests, nuns and laypersons in Germany, Poland and Holland I have heard as many as 5 million.


addendum: Interesting how some people think going to a catholic school makes one catholic. I know numerous catholics who have done that and they end up leaving the faith or in their actions and practise do not conduct themselves in a Christian way.
If a non-catholic Christian asked me if I'm saved and I answer "oh yeah I went to catholic school" you know they'd never agree to that answer so why now assume that Hitler was a model Catholic Christian based on school attendance?
BTW the rumor is Hitler was ethnically Jewish as his mother was of Jewish blood does this mean I'm going to blame Jews for the Holocaust of course not.

I must ask what is the point of this question?

Answer 6

interestingly, some Christians trust Himmler, who mentioned, "a lie advised 1000 situations turns into the fact." The lie that Hitler became into not a Christian has been advised maximum of situations, that probable maximum folk think of that's actual. Hitler's regulations have been completely consistent with how Christianity has been practiced because of the fact the time of Constantine.

Answer 7

Gee, I don't know:

"My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God’s truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter. In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood of vipers and adders. How terrific was His fight for the world against the Jewish poison. To-day, after two thousand years, with deepest emotion I recognize more profoundly than ever before the fact that it was for this that He had to shed His blood upon the Cross. As a Christian I have no duty to allow my self to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice… And if there is anything which could demonstrate that we are acting rightly it is the distress that daily grows . For as a Christian I have also a duty to my own people." –Adolf Hitler, in a speech on 12 April 1922 (Norman H. Baynes, ed. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1939, Vol. 1 of 2, pp. 19-20, Oxford University Press, 1942)

Answer 8

He honestly believed that he was fullfilling God's will.

I'd suggest spending at least a weekend reading up on him. Learn what happens when some people take their religions too seriously.

Then look up Osama Bin Laden. No, he's not Christian--but he's a good example of a religious zealot.

You'll soon see that it's not religion an Atheist has a problem with. It's the actions of many of the followers.

Answer 9

Some Christians in R&S try to insinuate the atheists are evil and immoral, and that being Christian automatically gives you good morals and makes you a better person.
Hitler is a good example to point out the flaws in this theory. We're not trying to be rude or anything, just making a point that you should not judge someone solely on their supposed religion or lack thereof. People should be judged according to their actions, not their lables!

Regards,

The Peaceful Atheist.

Answer 10

Whatever religion one follows it's not the religion that turns the person it's their way of life. He seen things differently from other people's views some follow some didn't, just like Atheists they choose to live life, they feel is right to them, and don't care what others think.