[hellbender]

Here's anexcellent reference on Hitler, the Nazis, and religion.

http://www.adherents.com/people/ph/Adolf_Hitler.html

Here's a sample quote:

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 Schirach, leader of the group that would come to be known as Hitler youth. But "explicitly" only within party ranks: as the OSS stated, "considerations of expedience made it impossible" for the movement to make this public until it consolidated power... By 1937, Pope Pius XI denounced the Nazis for waging "a war of extermination" against the church... Catholic priests found police snatching sermons out of their hands, often in mid-reading

...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."

[Gumlegs]

That's why they made these belt buckles:

[dread78645]

"Therefore, I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Creator. By fighting off the Jews, I am doing the Lord's work." placemark

[RFC_Gal]

"One is either a Christian or a German," he said. "You can't be both." Didn't Hermann Rauschning say that?