Fact, every single german nazi was a christian

[abaris]

Abaris, I'm against single minded exposures and analysis of anything but you have to acknowledge scientific racism theories that were prevalent in the western world (not just Germany) and already being slightly carried out like it happened in California had a higher influence on Hitler's view that Christianity itself. There's little in Christianity to justify the kind of nazi racism and their scientific, physically measurable perfect race and how they split the white race into various sects (Nordics, Germans, Mediterraneans, etc.)

First, to call these theories scientific is doing them an honor they don't deserve. It's on the same lines as calling the medieval practice of bloodletting scientific. Or Lombroso's theory that you could recognize a criminal by measuring his face.

And when have I made the point that the Nazis were christians? They weren't in their large majority. But they weren't atheists either - again in their vast majority. To try and nail the nazi movement to one single factor is simply ignorant, since it misses the many influences it combined. There were many many obscure movements and role models in Austria as well as in Germany at the turn of the last century and you can actually look up where people like Heinrich Himmler or Josef Goebbels took their ideas from. They both had reading lists they penned down when being young men.

Yes, Euginics are in the mix. But they aren't the only ingredient. Not by a long chalk. But to see that, one has to actually study the vast material being available on the third Reich. Primary as well as secondary sources. I already mentioned the various influences Hitler got during his Viennese years between 1907 and 1913. After the first war, he had a German mentor called Dietrich Eckart, who was one of the cofounders of the NSDAP. And he was an antisemitic christian, who wasn't a follower of the Eugenic movement. Hitler was also friends with the Wagner family, who in turn was related to Houston Stewart Chamberlain. Again antisemitic to the bones but not in the Eugenics movement. And another important influence in Hitler's life.

So, again, as I said before. There are too many influences and factors to mention in one thread.