Apparently not.
> But you will find hundreds of references to the Lord, God and Savior.
> Rather odd, don't you think, that an atheistic Hitler would boast about stamping out atheism?
Hitler may have talked the talk about God but he sure didn't walk the walk. Please see my earlier post where I addressed almost this exact same issue - whether the real Hitler believed and was acting on Biblical principles.
So where did Hitler get the bit about "drive [the Jews] out of the Temple" and the "brood of vipers" and "my Lord and Savior" and "his blood upon the Cross" from if not from Christianity?
IIRC, those are all distinctly Christian lore.
And more to the point, how did Hitler get 44 million Protestants and 22 million Catholics to support the Nazis? Do you think they were all apostates or do you believe, like Fichori, that Hitler brainwashed the entire Christian nation of Germany? Really?
In either case, it doesn't speak too well of Christians, does it?
Maybe you can try another key while you play 'No True Scotsman'. I'm sure there's several arrangements for bagpipes ...
Care to substantiate your numbers?
Apparently not
If you'll check the dates, you'll see that the link you're referring to came after I made the claim which 291 corrects. As soon as I became aware of my mistake (and it was an honest but dumb mistake) I immediately posted a correction and pinged the correction also to everybody that I could think of who I had given the misinformation to.
So where did Hitler get the bit about "drive [the Jews] out of the Temple" and the "brood of vipers" and "my Lord and Savior" and "his blood upon the Cross" from if not from Christianity? IIRC, those are all distinctly Christian lore.
To anyone with even a working familiarity with the Bible it should be obvious that Hitler was misusing vague references to Biblical phrases. As a matter of fact, he's quoting the Bible in a most dishonest manner: It was the merchants in the temple that Jesus drove out - which happened to be Jews. Had they been Germans Jesus would have drove them out just the same -- whether they were Jews wasn't the issue, but whether they were profaning the temple by doing business therein. So Hitler was just misusing some perversions of phrases in the Bible, and in no way whatsoever addressing the issue of what the Bible actually said. Furthermore, he was in no way behaving in a way consistent with the teachings of the Bible. You well know that anyone can claim to be doing something for just about any reason under the sun, but that in itself is not the final proof of the truth. Since his actions clearly violated the principles taught in the Bible, it is clear that he was not following the teachings of the Bible. Just like if he'd said "Oh I'm an atheist which requires me to do this" - in fact atheism has no such requirement. (Now atheism may logically PERMIT such actions as Hitler did, but it by no means requires what Hitler did. On the other hand, the Bible neither requires nor permits such as Hitler did. But what Hitler did - regardless of what he said - was logically permitted by Atheism.)
It is very important to judge a world-view by what it teaches, and what it's followers do while following it, rather then judging it by what people (who may claim to be following it) do in direct contradiction to said world-view.
Judging a world-view by the actions of a man who violated it with his actions just because he claimed to be following said world-view completely useless - anybody can say anything - so always ask "But what does the world view in question say.."
And more to the point, how did Hitler get 44 million Protestants and 22 million Catholics to support the Nazis? Do you think they were all apostates or do you believe, like Fichori, that Hitler brainwashed the entire Christian nation of Germany? Really?
Just as a point of fact, let us not forget that Hitler wrote Mein Kampf while in prison for - you guessed it - trying to overthrow the government by force. Only after that failed did he go for election. He was a clever and ruthless man who would do just about anything to gain power. I don't know what he said or what he did to gain power but I have no reason to believe that it was pure honest and above board.
Secondly, again, you're condemning (Re: "That doesn't speak too well of Christians, Does it?") Christianity, not on account of what it teaches, but what people did who were clearly in violation of what it teaches. That's a perfectly useless and dishonest tactic.
-Jesse