(August 10, 2015 at 2:28 pm)lkingpinl Wrote:(August 10, 2015 at 2:06 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: Does that make the Third Reich an atheistic state, or rather the opposite?
No it does not make it an atheistic state. Atheism is not a movement but a personal declaration of a lack of belief in God.
However, it was certainly not Christian. If you replace the word Christianity with the word Atheism in hitler's speeches, would you say it was an atheist state or movement?
Hitler was enthralled with creating the "superman" or "ubermensch". There are some that argue that Nietzsche's philosophy spear-headed the Third Reich and other Fascist states as under Stalin and Mussolini and there is certainly reasonably evidence to assume such as there are direct reflections back to the writings and idea of Nietzsche from each regime. Nietzsche popularized the term, "God is dead, we have killed him". Read his parable called "The Mad Man". Where men kill the idea of God and then assume the role of God themselves.
You can't just replace terms in the speech as hitler often talked about his personal faith in detail quite similarly to how some Republican Presidents have done. The Catholic church also openly supported Mussolini and the fascist movements as a whole. They also maintained an official doctrine of anti semtiism till 64.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
