Why can't Christians accept the fact that Hitler was a Christian

[Alex K]

- that he opposed Atheism is not really showing that he was a Christian. More like a convenient way to get the masses behind him to eliminate communists, intellectuals.
- that he claimed to do God's work doesn't automatically make him a Christian either. He appeared to have some weird mythology and belief in divine providence...


In the end he said what he said for all kinds of reasons, I'm doubtful he deserves the label Christian. This is complicated by the fact that it is far from easy to nail down exactly what one needs to be to count as a Christian.

But more to the point, I also don't worry much about it because it is just a label and its use does not serve to elucidate anything. Quite the opposite, by slapping that category or label on someone and then arguing from that, one always makes an argument less clear and precise. If your argument needs such a blunt generalization to work, it's probably not very good. It's a bit like arguments about evolution that hinge on Archaeopteryx being a bird or not. You need to argue based on the details, not based on some label.