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From the start of the Nazi movement, "the destruction of Christianity was explicitly recognized as a purpose of the National Socialist movement," said Baldur von Scvhirach, leader of the group that would come to be known as Hitler youth. But "explicitly" only within partly ranks: as the OSS stated, "considerations of expedience made it impossible" for the movement to make this public until it consolidated power. But the notion that the church either gave birth to Hitler or walked hand-in-hand with him as a partner is, simply, slander. Hitler himself knew better. "One is either a Christian or a German," he said. "You can't be both." This is something to bear in mind when some folk on the left trot out their well-worn accusation that conservative Christians are "Nazis" or "fascists."

But it's not Christianity that's injected evil into the world. In fact, the worst massacres in history have been committed by atheists (Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot) and virtual pagans (Hitler). Christians have amassed their share of sins over the past 2,000 years, but the great murderers have been the church's enemies, especially in the past century. It's long past time to set the historical record straight.