Dietrich Bonhoffer, one of the most influential protestants, tried to kill Hitler. I do not doubt that many Christians yielded to Nazism. My grandparents were Catholics in Nazi occupied France. They were part of the resistance. I am sure that some yielded to the Nazi's.
The question of de facto Christian support for Hitler is different than the de jure atheism of the Soviet Union. Yes, some Christians did support Hitler (as did Heidegger and many atheist intellectuals as well as occultists and other groups). But this is different from seeing the institutionalization of atheism. Communism is distinct from atheism and it is definitely false to claim that all atheists are similar to the Communists. I know plenty of atheists who are nice people.
That being said, the fact remains that the only atheistic civilization in history that I know of, and there have been atheists here and there for thousands of years, but the only one that I know of was Communism, one of the most imperialistic and most destructive, callous and wicked civilizations that has ever existed. I am sure you are a nice person and you would not do any of the things that the Soviet Union did, but people as nice as you have been rare as they exist apart from the support of religious authorities and the culture they create.
The question of de facto Christian support for Hitler is different than the de jure atheism of the Soviet Union. Yes, some Christians did support Hitler (as did Heidegger and many atheist intellectuals as well as occultists and other groups). But this is different from seeing the institutionalization of atheism. Communism is distinct from atheism and it is definitely false to claim that all atheists are similar to the Communists. I know plenty of atheists who are nice people.
That being said, the fact remains that the only atheistic civilization in history that I know of, and there have been atheists here and there for thousands of years, but the only one that I know of was Communism, one of the most imperialistic and most destructive, callous and wicked civilizations that has ever existed. I am sure you are a nice person and you would not do any of the things that the Soviet Union did, but people as nice as you have been rare as they exist apart from the support of religious authorities and the culture they create.
