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I've been over that material and more, yet it does nothing but buttress my point. I never said he was a devout RC, nor did I say that he was a firm believer in organized religion. In his own psychotic way, he believed he was doing the lords work and his writings have shown that, IMO.

From your source thread here on FR:

Langer wrote, A survey of all the evidence forces us to conclude that Hitler believes himself destined to become an Immortal Hitler, chosen by God to be the New Deliverer of Germany and the Founder of a new social order for the world.

I've also read about the homosexual tendencies verging on necrophilia of the SS in particular, and some of the, shall we say "interesting", indulgences they were said to have taken.

"Religious" or not, those people certainly were without morals, IMO.

In the end, I would surmise that each will have to come to their own conclusion using what facts are given from those in the period. Perhaps this example was insufficient.

A better example then would be Jim Jones. A punk, through and through, IMO. Deeply religious convictions and corrupt to the bone. All those poor people wasted for no reason. Where is the morality in that situation? I see none.

No one who is deeply religious would do, say or think things Hitler or Jim Jones did. Any fiend can pretend he's religious - using the trappings of religious garb, verbiage, carry a holy book around, etc.

Like actors on a theater stage, or worse, like wolves dressed in sheeps' clothing. A real religious person tries to love and serve God. Fake religious people use "religion" for their own selfish purposes. Jones and Hitler (according to your argument about Hitler) were not religious at all; any more than a stage actor is religious because he's dressed up in clerical garb spouting some words.

Anyway, if you read the entire Pink Swastika you'd see that Hitler didn't have any belief in Christianity whatsoever. And the "Hitler's library" article is pretty clear about his philosophical direction, and it was not towards a personal God, supreme Lord. To compare fiends like Jones and Hitler to religious believers is worse than stupid, it's downright offensive.