How can they say that Hitler was an atheist when he has gone on the record making these statements:
"National Socialism and religion cannot exist together" (1941)
"The heaviest blow that ever struck humanity was the coming of Christianity." (1941)
"Let it NOT be said that Christianity brought man the life of the soul, for that evolution was in the natural order of things." (1941)
"Christianity is an invention of sick brains: one could imagine nothing more senseless." (1941)
"We'll see to it that the Churches cannot spread abroad teachings in conflict with the interests of the State." (1941)
Also, Hitler told Hermann Rauschnig that he inten"to stamp out Christianity root and branch." (1933)
He also said: "One is either a Christian or a German -you cannot be both"
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mischedj/ca_hitler.html
So why do people still say he was an atheist?
2007-10-02 15:38:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
because hitler didnt beleive in god that makes him a atheist.
2007-10-02 15:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was born and brought up as a Roman Catholic. The privileges lost by the jews in Germany were given to the Roman Catholic church.
He had the traditional hatred of jews which was common in central Europe where they had been persecuted for centuries.
2007-10-02 18:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he denyed the existance of religion, he just thought it was a waste of time and a potential source of ideaology that conflicted with his own.
I think it is possible to be an athiest yourself while still recognizing the fact that other people do practice religion.
2007-10-02 15:58:53 · answer #3 · answered by Flying Dragon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
On historical records, Hitler's religion was listed as "Catholic". However, he was probably more occultist than anything. He and Heinrich Himmler were very into the occult as the SS had many occult practices and symbols incorporated into it.
2007-10-02 16:36:15 · answer #4 · answered by bubbabear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is easier to swallow than the alternative.
He may not have been Christian or (certainly not!) Jewish, but there is evidence to support his strong belief in old pagan practices of the Germanic peoples. (Not bashing pagans! If he did believe as they do he is a piss-poor example and I bet they don't agree with him, either!)
It is so much easier to call someone who did such monstrous things "Godless", than it is to believe that someones deity or conscience would have allowed someone such devastating ideas for the future.
Also? No religion wants to claim him as theirs.
2007-10-02 15:47:19 · answer #5 · answered by gwion1203 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Definitely sounds like he was against Christianity,
Do you know of any religion that he was in favor of?
2007-10-02 15:47:50 · answer #6 · answered by Paladin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋