RE: The "Stalin Was an Atheist" argument
May 25, 2016 at 2:41 pm
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2016 at 2:48 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(May 25, 2016 at 2:13 pm)MJ the Skeptical Wrote:(May 25, 2016 at 1:50 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: He wasn't a pious Christian. He was almost certainly a theist, but he didn't attend services or otherwise abide by any Christian doctrine.
Sounds like a No-True Scotsman type argument. He was most certainly a pious Christian, read Mien Kampf.
No, he wasn't. Read Shirer or Toland.
Politicians regularly use the religion of their country for political ends. Given that Mein Kampf was screed, it certainly belongs in that category. He was certainly a theist. But calling him a "pious Christian" is unsupported and at times strongly contradicted by his table-talk, his tolerance of paganism in his inner circle, his attempts to suborn all churches under the rubric of Gleichschaltung, and so on.
Sometimes a guy just ain't Scottish.
Perhaps you've got support for your claim that he was a pious Christian aside from his political screed? I'll be happy to look anything you've got over.
