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#508 - feistyoneyouare (01/12/2013) [-]
Hitler was an Atheist was he not?
Hitler was an Atheist was he not?
User avatar #526 to #508 - Bohya (01/12/2013) [-]
He was a Christian. He fought for Christianity and he died for it, all in the name of his Christian brothers.
User avatar #515 to #508 - whataloser (01/12/2013) [-]
No. Although he wasn't a Christian in any conventional sense, in Mein Kampf he associated atheism with the Jews and the Bolsheviks (groups he of course hated). He shut down atheist groups in Germany and banned the works of Darwin.
User avatar #525 to #515 - thatoneiranianguy (01/12/2013) [-]
Yeah but he also flooded churches and attacked both the Catholics and Protestants. Why do you think there were a series of peace negotiations between the Catholic Church in Roma and the Nazi political party? Let's not forget this.

He propped himself up, he didnt care who he took out along the way. However, he and the Nazi party promoted a more positive Christianity which was essentially Christianity but not organized.
User avatar #536 to #525 - whataloser (01/12/2013) [-]
I never said he never persecuted some Christians (although actual persecutions of those who weren't actively opposing his regime were pretty minimal). I was simply saying that he wasn't an atheist.
User avatar #519 to #515 - feistyoneyouare (01/12/2013) [-]
What god did he believe in?
User avatar #532 to #519 - whataloser (01/12/2013) [-]
It's not entirely clear. At times, he would use rhetoric that seemed to be Christian (Gewdaism's comment). He viewed Jesus as an Aryan superman who had been murdered by the Jews. However, at times he expressed disgust with Christianity in its modern form. He may have viewed it as having been corrupted, possibly by the Jewish influence of Paul. He also spoke highly of Islam and Japanese religion, viewing them as a contributing to a militaristic culture. He was also interested in the occult and paganism. Ultimately, it seemed that his main goal in terms of religion was pragmatic; whatever would promote and strengthen Germany and the Nazi party was ideal.
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