I was still a Christian at the time, and I had never given any real thought to Hitler and his own religious beliefs, though if I had done so the last thing I would have considered him was Christian. And the last thing I wanted to admit to myself was that Hitler had been a devout Christian.
Sometimes going to 'church' is something that can be done for connections, appearances, and political reasons. We can't go by a few statements and appearances in church.
"My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded only by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them."
That is politics obviously. Rabble rousing, and nothing remotely similar to what Jesus said. It should tell one that the guy was opposed to Christ.
"The National Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and co-operation. It will preserve and defend those basic principles on which our nation has
been built. It regards Christianity as the foundation of our national morality, and the family as the basis of national life."
No, that isn't from a modern day, Republican speech; that's what Hitler said in a statement in 1933.
Regarding families doesn't mean killing them, and doing monstrous experiments, and etc.
And even more surprising was the Nazi banned book list; Darwin's "On the Origins of Species" and any book deemed to support evolution it were on it.
"The most marvelous proof of the superiority of Man, which puts man ahead of the animals, is the fact that he understands that there must be a Creator."
"The fox remains always a fox, the goose remains a goose, and the tiger will retain the character of a tiger."
Nope, those aren't quotes from Ray Comfort or Kent Hovind as one might understandably assume; Hitler said those things in his book, "Mein Kampf."
No one is all bad! He had that right. The law of averages demand he get something right!
As a Christian, I still had no trouble incorporating evolution into my beliefs; I saw evolution as God's method of producing all of the species we see on Earth.
Not believing in an actual creation or the bible would fit in with evolution I guess.
To me, Darwin's book being on the banned list didn't make any sense.
Who would it please to ban something? A large voting block? It makes sense. When a person is given over to bad spirits, what they say is basically irrelevant.
What about the Nazi breeding programs? That's about evolution, isn't it?
Well, no. Hitler's program didn't involve evolution. As my father-in-law explained, Hitler prescribed to a belief called Eugenics, which is breeding for a superior (Aryan) race.
Planned Parenthood does the same. Weed out the unwanted and weak...kill em...is what they seem to advocate.
In Eugenics, the aim is to breed a "superior" version of a species; to lessen genetic diversity in favor of traits deemed to be preferable.
Even the devil knows evolution is a crock.
So the next time someone wants to equate you, as an atheist, with Hitler, I invite you to share Hitler's actual beliefs with them. Then just sit back and relax as the faithful endure spastic mental gymnastics trying to spin it all.
I think that the Nazis believed in some sort of beings under the earth. That would not, if true, make them atheists.
Looking back on that discussion with my father-in-law, considering the information I've gathered about Hitler myself since becoming fluent in German, and combined with my loss of faith, I'm actually not surprised anymore that Hitler was a Christian and a Creationist. If someone is delusional enough to think they're on a mission from God to commit genocide, it isn't much of a stretch for them to be delusional enough to believe that Adam and Eve probably saddled up a triceratops when they had to make long journeys, is it?
Yes. If they were on a mission from God they would not oppose the word of God as Obama does and Hitler did. What some demon inspired person says to placate their nation, or control them has no great value.
Economics and politics played huge roles in the Nazis coming to power.
Duh...this is unique?? Name some nations or leaders that did NOT see those things enter in!!!?
Finally, the faithful might argue that Hitler was not a real Christian. Although the average German, including my former father-in-law, himself a Christian, will readily tell you that Hitler was. And given Hitler's statements, I think it's safe to assume he would argue that he most certainly was a Christian, and that's the important aspect.
False. Look at the whole picture including the occult connections. Statements are for show. It is dangerous to believe the lying words of a despot who opposes the word of God, clearly as Hitler did.
Because whether Hitler was a Christian in someone else's view or according to their definition is beside the point; the point is that, as someone who believed in a god, Hitler was not an atheist.
Right. Neither was Judas, or Satan, nor will the AntiChrist be.