"Hitler the Christian?
"Some people seem to neglect the fact that a person can “claim” to be whatever they please while this claim may have nothing at all to do with reality. Let us consider some instances, quoted by Prof. Richard Dawkins, when Hitler professed his belief in God and Jesus as a Catholic-Christian."
Hitler could have constantly claimed that he was a Christian. He could have claimed to be serving not just any god but the God of the Bible. He could have attended church every day of his life. He could have claimed to be doing what he was doing in the name of Jesus Christ. He could have even prophesied, exorcised and performed miracles. All of this and more would not prove in the least bit that he was a Christian. He could claim it from the roof tops, he could even do the song and dance of religious routines but in the end we know him by his fruits. Jesus and the apostles/disciples never even came close to doing anything that Hitler did, thus he was not following orthodox, plain, clear, biblical, Christian teachings.
Imagine for a moment if Hitler was a Christian, this would mean that the world’s most infamous anti-Semite worshiped a Jewish man as Messiah, Lord, God and Savior. Is it any wonder that Prof. Richard Dawkins wrote, “Hitler, oddly, was always adamant that Jesus himself was not a Jew.”[3] Indeed, whenever “Christians” have demonstrated anti-Semitism it has been with denials of plain facts and plain reading of the Bible that are about as outlandish and unorthodox as Hitler’s denial that Jesus was Jewish."
Hitler the Anti-Christian!
Now that we have considered some examples of Hitler’s claims of being a theist/Catholic/Christian let us view the other side of the coin.
Hitler stated,
“When understanding of the universe has become widespread…Christian doctrine will be convicted of absurdity.”[11]
Prof. Richard Dawkins provides the following quotes from a 1941 Table Talk by Hitler:
“The heaviest blow that ever struck humanity was the coming of Christianity. Bolshevism is Christianity’s illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew. The deliberate lie in the matter of religion was introduced into the world by Christianity…
The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges: the pox and Christianity.
When all is said, we have no reason to wish that the Italians and Spaniards should free themselves from the drug of Christianity. Let’s be the only people who are immunised [sic] against the disease.”[12]
Prof. Richard Dawkins then states, “Hitler’s Table Talk contains more quotations like those.”
At this point in Prof. Richard Dawkins’ book he experiences a rare, sadly a very rare, moment of clarity when for a brief moment he is able to view the evidence from both sides (of Hitler’s mouth) and come to a solidly lucid conclusion about Hitler (although his overall conclusion is faulty, as we shall see). While this conclusion is in no ways unique to Prof. Richard Dawkins, as it would be obvious to any researcher, it is a bitter sweet occasion. This is because it truly is a very brief and unique accomplishment that occurs perhaps no more than this one single time and only within the very narrow confines of his convenient discussion of Hitler. Were he able to muster this level of emotional self control and rational conclusion more often The God Delusion would certainly be a more interesting, more scholarly, more useful book for both sides of the atheism theism discussion.
The lucidity is in concluding that, as I will state it, Hitler’s personality is about as complex a concoction as Nazism itself which, the aforementioned, Claire Hulme and Dr. Michael Salter referred to as the “chaotic irrationality of the Third Reich.”[13] Hitler believed in animal rights but slaughtered human beings by the millions. He detested smoking but cremated millions of his victims. Both his personality and his beliefs were a cacophonous chaotic concoction.
Prof. Richard Dawkins writes the following,
“Or is the resolution of the contradictions simply that he was an opportunistic liar whose words cannot be trusted, in either direction?”[14]
Indeed, Hitler appears to be schizophrenic, politically opportunistic or both. He said whatever was convenient to his final solution at any given time."
from http://atheismisdead.blogspot.com/2009/04/from-zeitgeist-to-poltergeist-part-3-of.html
you should know that christians from my country consider hitler a forerunner of Antichrist
"Some people seem to neglect the fact that a person can “claim” to be whatever they please while this claim may have nothing at all to do with reality. Let us consider some instances, quoted by Prof. Richard Dawkins, when Hitler professed his belief in God and Jesus as a Catholic-Christian."
Hitler could have constantly claimed that he was a Christian. He could have claimed to be serving not just any god but the God of the Bible. He could have attended church every day of his life. He could have claimed to be doing what he was doing in the name of Jesus Christ. He could have even prophesied, exorcised and performed miracles. All of this and more would not prove in the least bit that he was a Christian. He could claim it from the roof tops, he could even do the song and dance of religious routines but in the end we know him by his fruits. Jesus and the apostles/disciples never even came close to doing anything that Hitler did, thus he was not following orthodox, plain, clear, biblical, Christian teachings.
Imagine for a moment if Hitler was a Christian, this would mean that the world’s most infamous anti-Semite worshiped a Jewish man as Messiah, Lord, God and Savior. Is it any wonder that Prof. Richard Dawkins wrote, “Hitler, oddly, was always adamant that Jesus himself was not a Jew.”[3] Indeed, whenever “Christians” have demonstrated anti-Semitism it has been with denials of plain facts and plain reading of the Bible that are about as outlandish and unorthodox as Hitler’s denial that Jesus was Jewish."
Hitler the Anti-Christian!
Now that we have considered some examples of Hitler’s claims of being a theist/Catholic/Christian let us view the other side of the coin.
Hitler stated,
“When understanding of the universe has become widespread…Christian doctrine will be convicted of absurdity.”[11]
Prof. Richard Dawkins provides the following quotes from a 1941 Table Talk by Hitler:
“The heaviest blow that ever struck humanity was the coming of Christianity. Bolshevism is Christianity’s illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew. The deliberate lie in the matter of religion was introduced into the world by Christianity…
The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges: the pox and Christianity.
When all is said, we have no reason to wish that the Italians and Spaniards should free themselves from the drug of Christianity. Let’s be the only people who are immunised [sic] against the disease.”[12]
Prof. Richard Dawkins then states, “Hitler’s Table Talk contains more quotations like those.”
At this point in Prof. Richard Dawkins’ book he experiences a rare, sadly a very rare, moment of clarity when for a brief moment he is able to view the evidence from both sides (of Hitler’s mouth) and come to a solidly lucid conclusion about Hitler (although his overall conclusion is faulty, as we shall see). While this conclusion is in no ways unique to Prof. Richard Dawkins, as it would be obvious to any researcher, it is a bitter sweet occasion. This is because it truly is a very brief and unique accomplishment that occurs perhaps no more than this one single time and only within the very narrow confines of his convenient discussion of Hitler. Were he able to muster this level of emotional self control and rational conclusion more often The God Delusion would certainly be a more interesting, more scholarly, more useful book for both sides of the atheism theism discussion.
The lucidity is in concluding that, as I will state it, Hitler’s personality is about as complex a concoction as Nazism itself which, the aforementioned, Claire Hulme and Dr. Michael Salter referred to as the “chaotic irrationality of the Third Reich.”[13] Hitler believed in animal rights but slaughtered human beings by the millions. He detested smoking but cremated millions of his victims. Both his personality and his beliefs were a cacophonous chaotic concoction.
Prof. Richard Dawkins writes the following,
“Or is the resolution of the contradictions simply that he was an opportunistic liar whose words cannot be trusted, in either direction?”[14]
Indeed, Hitler appears to be schizophrenic, politically opportunistic or both. He said whatever was convenient to his final solution at any given time."
from http://atheismisdead.blogspot.com/2009/04/from-zeitgeist-to-poltergeist-part-3-of.html
you should know that christians from my country consider hitler a forerunner of Antichrist
