RE: [split] Hitler had ulterior motives and really wasn't a Christian after all
June 26, 2011 at 3:16 am
While the historic christian tradition in Germany was still influential Hitler was certainly cynical and opportunistic enough to exploit the opening that religious faith creates for him to command German loyalty. But there is no doubt in the long run Hitler envision the replacement of Christianity in Germany with a new, manufactured, religion loosely based on pre-christian pagan Germanic religion, incorporate elements of 19th century occult, re-calibrated to incocate Nazi ideal of blood, soil and racial supremacy, and organized around a hierarchic religious organization modeled after the Catholic Church.
Hitler was no stooge of any religion. He used religion wherever he saw fit, and was not adverse to making up new ones on the spot where old ones didn't suite.
During the later stages of WWII, when Germany was desparately short of manpower, Hitler pronounced Islam to be an acceptable religion for Aryans, so as to be able to conscript Muslims of Bosnia (Remember of Bosnian war in the aftermath of the division of Yogoslavia?) into the supposedly racially pure Aryan SS.
Hitler was no stooge of any religion. He used religion wherever he saw fit, and was not adverse to making up new ones on the spot where old ones didn't suite.
During the later stages of WWII, when Germany was desparately short of manpower, Hitler pronounced Islam to be an acceptable religion for Aryans, so as to be able to conscript Muslims of Bosnia (Remember of Bosnian war in the aftermath of the division of Yogoslavia?) into the supposedly racially pure Aryan SS.
