(June 25, 2011 at 10:07 am)Shell B Wrote: One only needs to examine the words of the man himself. When it comes to worldview and religion, examining a person's behavior means nothing. A religion or worldview is something you identify with enough to label yourself as such. Hitler labeled himself a Christian and never backed down on that. That is the end of the fucking story. Besides, he had enough political fodder to gain popular backing. Have you read nothing of his "rise" to power?I want to disagree here, not with the content of the argument (i.e. I do believe that Hitler was a Christian), but more with the form of the argument itself. There are plenty of examples of people hiding their true beliefs, and labeling themselves as another, in order to gain power, or to escape prosecution.
Salman Rushdie tried it in order to escape the fatwa that had been placed on him after the publication of The Satanic Verses.
And yes, he did eventually admit it was a lie, but the fact that Hitler didn't do this is irrelevant, given his relatively early death.
