(April 1, 2009 at 11:34 am)Tiberius Wrote: Hitler wasn't a Christian, he was more of a spiritualist or follower of mysticism. Historical consensus today agrees that he was neither Christian or atheist, but he was rather anti-religious.
Since Hitler remained a formal memebr of the Church till his deaht, Hitler was indeed a Christian. While there is controversy that Hitler may have not believed in Catholicism based on some things he said, one thing is clear is that he was raised Christian, never left the church, and used Christian anti-semitism for the war. There's even a connection between Hitler and Martin Luther. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_and_antisemitism
I have not seen any consensus that Hitler was not a Christian. In fact from what I can tell they are still disputed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitle...us_beliefs
But the point that is most important when someone talks about Nazism, is that whether or not Hitler secretly believed or not, the war was supported by Christianity and it was Christian propaganda that Hitler used.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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