Religion, War and Violence (dance, fan, quote, history, Ching)

Fruitonica · 12-10-2008, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by dac

So why was Hitler killing the Jews again?

I actually thought it was a mostly racial thing, as well as being an obvious scapegoat.

There is a pretty strong belief that Hitler did not actually believe in Christianity, but kept it up as a public pretence, obviously I can't really prove this, because of the amount of conflicting quotes floating around.

Here's a couple of semi reputable story I can find on Hitler's disbelief in religion.

Word for Word/The Case Against the Nazis; How Hitler's Forces Planned To Destroy German Christianity - New York Times

The religion of Hitler: German dictator Adolf Hitler

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On occasion we have read people claim that "Hitler was a Catholic" or "Hitler was a Christian" in a meaningful way, implying that Christianity or Catholicism was the primary impetus for his Nazi reign. Such claims are simply vitriolic attacks occasionally voiced by ideologically-inclined anti-Christian, anti-Semitic or pro-Nazi people. Historians agree that Hitler was pointedly anti-Christian