(April 2, 2009 at 10:14 am)Tiberius Wrote: Now it seems to me a little weird that Hitler would be a Christian and want to exterminate his own religion...
No one ever said Hitler wasn't complex ... being brutally honest, someone who can sanction the extermination of, what was it, 15 million people in death camps etc. isn't exactly your average human being and wanting to kill your own doesn't exclude you from being one of that group.
Besides, I wouldn't mind betting that some of the historians who apparently now consider Hitler not to be a Christian either have religious (Christian) convictions of their own and are potentially interpreting with a less than objective POV. Of course I don't actually know this, all I see is some of the evidence, the pictures, the quotes and so on ... the only thing I am sure of is that the personalities of characters we see now from history are very unlikely to have much to do with the personalities of the characters that actually lived at the time.
Add to that the fact that Wiki is very good for non-contentious subjects but it is user subscribed and for contentious subjects (and whether Hitler was pro or anti Christianity, atheist or theist is often argued fiercely) it is pretty much about who shouted last and loudest.
Kyu
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