That’s an oversimplification, and I think you know it. 1) Hitler never won a majority of anything, 2) Those that voted for him were interested in anti-communism and nationalism, not religion, 3) I’ve seen no documentation on how the catholic/prot vote shook out but being Germany, you gotta figure there were a LOT of Lutherans.
In a way, yes. I've seen too much of the "Nazi Pope" garbage and "Hitler was a Catholic" posts.
I reacted this way on this thread because I saw a chance that was the way it was directed.
1) Hitler never won a majority of anything, 2) Those that voted for him were interested in anti-communism and nationalism, not religion.
True on the majority, not so true on the religion aspect. Hitler used Luther (his "Against the Jews" in particular) as support for his policies. (Not that there was a lack of anti-semitism to draw from.)
I’ve seen no documentation on how the catholic/prot vote shook out but being Germany, you gotta figure there were a LOT of Lutherans.
I've seen the breakout, it's been posted on several of the threads I alluded to earlier. By region, it's a much higher percentage of Prot vs. Catholic support.
In the main I agree with you, any religious appeal by Hitler was an evil perversion. To attribute guilt for Hitler on Christianity is a perversion of it as well. However, on this topic it is usually the Catholic Church that gets attention and the blame.