Did you know Hitler was born Catholic?

Question

And he was excommunicated. Mussolini was an atheist. Himmler was an occultist. The SS practiced Asatru based rituals. Goebbels worshipped Hitler. Tojo was Shintoist. Franco was Catholic. The KKK is Protestant. Stalin was an atheist. What religion was Pol Pot? Is it possible that these guys had something in common besides their viewpoints on religion?

Answer 1

Yes, I did.

Although Hitler was raised in a Catholic family, he turned away from Christianity at an early age.

Automatic excommunication happens when Catholics commit certain offensives. This happens as soon as the offense is committed.

Adolf Hitler committed the following offenses resulting in automatic excommunication:
- Apostasy - the formal renunciation of one's religion. Hitler specifically rejected the Catholic Church, as well as Christianity in general. He described himself as "a complete pagan.”
- Heresy - a doctrine in theology, religion, philosophy, or politics at variance with those of the Catholic Church. Nazism is definitely heretical to Christianity.

There was no reason for the Catholic Church to excommunicate Hitler. He did it all by himself.

For Hitler's own words against Christianity, see: http://www.geocities.com/chiniquy/Hitler.html

For more information about excommunication, see: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05678a.htm
And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunicate#Automatic_excommunication

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

My understanding is that he was never excommunicated, perhaps because that would have made things worse for German Catholics. Asatru didn't exist at the time. Heathens did; my own opinion is that our religion never quite died out, although it usually survived in bits and pieces: land-wight worship in once place, calling on the Gods with old spells in another...Pol Pot was part of an overwhelmingly Buddhist society, but I suspect an Atheist (they like their word capitalized too, which is only fair) as are virtually all Marxists, at least in public. Hitler abused both Christian and Heathen symbolism to help attain his vile ends. He was strongly against the Heathen revival, and actually persecuted Heathens. Some branches of the KKK will actually admit Catholics these days. About 20 years back, the Grand Dragon or whatever of Connecticut (yes, they have plenty of racists in the northern USA too) was a practicing Catholic, and while very open about his membership in the KKK, to my knowledge was never excommunicated.

Answer 3

The men that you mentioned were all dictators. Religion is really not a concern to them and the reason for this is because these men cared about expanding their land. And why, because the simple fact is that Land and resources is what can make a countries economy boom. Didn't Hitler turn around the German Economy when he started invading and occupying places like Poland, France, ETC? Well of course. Dictators and Despots use religion as a tool because it is soo easy to accomplish a great many horrible atrocities. However, Hitler had his people sold on Nationalism alone. In other words he made the German people believe that they had some divine destiny and that everyone who was not German, did not matter. I think that it would be safe to say that Nationalism killed more people in the 20th Century than religion did in the 20 th century. Nazi Germany, The Russian Gulags, etc. killed people that were not with them. Nationalism, in my opinion, is much more scary than religion. The reason why is because Atheists, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Agnostics, etc can all buy into Nationalism very easily.

Answer 4

A) NOBODY is born anything but human. Religious faith, if any, is what you are raised according to. And stick with or not when grown, as you choose.

B) What all these types had in common was what we anthropologists call the little tin god syndrome. That is, the ironclad certitude that they and they alone know what is best for everybody else. That they and they alone possess the ability to ascertain how everyone else should live their lives. And they're absolutely adamant that you are bloody well gonna listen up and do it their way. Or they'll, more or less regretfully, decide that you're beyond salvation and remove you from the equation....permanently.

C) Ever since Ugh-Ugh got it into his head that he was a better cave-finder than Gug-Gug and enforced his opinion with a club, there have been types like these. Goes with the territory.

Answer 5

Yes. He may have been excommunicated, but he still had his own personal priests as part of his staff. He also dabbled in the occult along with other Nazi officers, but I have never heard that they practiced Asatru. The Nazis stained the swastika forever--it was once an Egyptian symbol of the sun. Now Neo-nazis and KKK people use it to show the world that they're ignorant racist pigs that the whole country is ashamed of.

I believe that Pol Pot was an atheist.

Answer 6

mussolini was baptised catholic in 1927 at the age of 34. he had been raised catholic, but without being baptised (his parents had left-wing ideas).

hitler was also raised catholic, though he stopped practising his religion during his late teens. (catholics who stop practising entirely eventually suffer a technical excommunication, this is what happened with hitler).

when friction developed between the nazis and the german catholic church the vatican signed a treaty with the nazi party (the reichskonkordat) which promised that the catholic church would keep out of the nazis' hair if the nazis would do the same for the church.

the nazis came up with their own aryan religion (a mixture of protestant fundamentalism, wicca, and golden dawn mysticism) which most senior nazis belonged to. hitler's last will and testament mentions the end of his 'earthly career' (showing that he still believed in life after death).

hirohito was actually a god in the shintoh faith: it would have been very odd if his generals (including tojo) had not worshiped him.

Answer 7

no one is BORN catholic. it does not follow through the blood line like Judiasm.

However his parents did baptize him Catholic. however he was NOT a CAtholic for if he was, he would not have killed and murdered and tortured innocent people and especially the chosen people (Jews).

can you even understand that to be ANY Christian denomination you have not only accept Christ into your life - you have to ACT upon it. granted this is only something the Catholic church seems to teach for others believe that - as in the case with hilter and others, once you have been baptised/saved you are always fine and dandy. this IMHO is not the case. unless you can walk the walk, talking the talk is mute!

Answer 8

Way to spout of some lies there, ABC. The Colorado shooter was a student at the missionary school before he went on a shooting spree and Hitler was a Christian - he even spoke on stamping out atheism.

As for the question - any human is capable of growing into a monster; it is important to recognize this and guard against it ourselves.

Answer 9

for Hitler and the kkk, both had Calvinistic viewpoints. Calvinists believe that some people are predestined to go to heaven and everyone else didn't matter. Hitler and the kkk took that a bit further and said they should die. Hitler believed that jews aren't predestined (weird seeing how they are the chosen people) and the kkk thought it was everyone that wasn't white

Answer 10

What does the KKK, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mussolini, the Nazi regime, and Tojo have in common?....They all have funny names, is my guess.