Third Reich Christianity: Nazi Germany as Implementation of a Christian Agenda
Friday February 15, 2008
Hitler and the Nazis are often cited as an example of the horrible crimes which atheists have committed in the 20th century. They are only assumed to be atheists, though, because people can't imagine Christians doing such things; in reality, Hitler explicitly appealed to Christianity on a regular basis and this was part of why he was popular. Not every Christian supported the Nazis, of course, but he was most popular with conservative Christians seeking a restoration of traditional values.
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“…there is little to no evidence that Hitler and his top leaders only endorsed Christianity in public and for public consumption. Their private remarks on religion and Christianity were generally the same as their public remarks…”
Is the following wikipedia quote not true, or just taken out of context?
“Joseph Goebbels, for example, notes in a diary entry in 1939:’The Führer is deeply religious, but deeply anti-Christian. He regards Christianity as a symptom of decay.’”
Taken out of context. You’ll notice that the same article immediately discusses Hitler’s support for “Positive Christianity.” Now, how can he regard Christianity as a symptom of decay AND support Christianity? The answer is obvious: the term “Christianity” is being used in different ways.
Just as is the case with Christians in America today (conservative and liberal), Hitler supported some forms of Christianity while deploring others – and regarding those “others” as not “true” Christianity in the first place, just later corruptions of genuine Christianity. Hitler never hid his disdain for “false” forms of religion and “false” forms of Christianity. He was, in particular, very critical of many church institutions which he thought weakened people. Once again, you can find many Christians in America today who are critical of organized churches and/or how churches end up “feminizing” Christian men.
You are lying outright now, Cline.
And you know it.
Prove it.
“The actions of Hitler and the Nazis were about as “Christian” as the actions of people during the Crusades or the Inquisition. There were certainly non-Christian Nazis, and several leading Nazis preferred a neo-pagan theistic religion over Christianity, but the position was never officially endorsed either by the Nazi Party or by Adolf Hitler himself. Indeed, Christian complaints about the paganism of some Nazi leaders were given a sympathetic reception.”
This part is important. While a paganism of sorts was welcome in the beginning by many, they were told to stop their anti-christian propaganda after a while. The pagans were quite bitter about this.