Hitler was NOT an Atheist and Favored Christian Ideolgy.

The proposition on offer is that Hitler was not and atheist and favored Christian ideologies. This debate stems from a discussion in the forums where Fatihah has made several claims that Hitler was an atheist, such as: >> "Hitler, who's ideology is identical to yours, atheism, brought massive homicides to the people." >> "Even many atheists agree that Hitler was an atheist." >> "Hitler was an atheist. Deal with it." >> "You present the words of Hitler himself and claim it to be proof thar Hitler is a christian. That's ridiculous. You suggest that a man who lied and manipulated people to get into power, then once in power, commences to bring one of the worst genocides in human history is a truthful person." >> "The fool is the one who suggests that a mass murderer is a truthteller. The fool is the one who says that a man who lied and manipulated the people to get into power is a truthteller. Your logic is foolish and any reasonable person can see that." (http://www.debate.org...) (http://www.debate.org...) However, despite numerous challenges to defend his claim, Fatihah's cowardice got the better of him. I now open this debate to anyone who wishes to defend his lunacy. Perhaps his testicles will finally drop and he will develop the gumption to address his statements himself. ******************************************* Some quotes from Hitler: Hitler - 23 March, 1933 : "The National Government regards the two Christian confessions (i.e. Catholicism and Protestantism) as factors essential to the soul of the German people. ... We hold the spiritual forces of Christianity to be indispensable elements in the moral uplift of most of the German people." Hitler - 1 Feb, 1933 : "The National Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and co-operation. It will preserve and defend those basic principles on which our nation has been built. It regards Christianity as the foundation of our national morality, and the family as the basis of national life." Hitler - 1941 : "I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so." Hitler - 22 April, 1922 : "My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded only by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God's truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter. .. How terrific was His fight for the world against the Jewish poison." Hitler - 15 Feb 1933 : "Today they say that Christianity is in danger, that the Catholic faith is threatened. My reply to them is: for the time being, Christians and not international atheists are now standing at Germany's fore. I am not merely talking about Christianity; I confess that I will never ally myself with the parties which aim to destroy Christianity. Fourteen years they have gone arm in arm with atheism. At no time was greater damage ever done to Christianity than in those years when the Christian parties ruled side by side with those who denied the very existence of God. " Hitler - 24 Oct, 1933 : "We were convinced that the people needs and requires this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic movement, and that not merely with a few theoretical declarations: we have stamped it out." Hitler - 26 Aug, 1934 : " National Socialism neither opposes the Church nor is it anti-religious, but on the contrary, it stands on the ground of a real Christianity." Hitler - 12 April, 1922 : "My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded only by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God's truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter. In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood of vipers and adders." Hitler - 27 October, 1928 : "We tolerate no one in our ranks who attacks the ideas of Christianity... in fact our movement is Christian." Hitler - 23 November, 1939 : "[I] never lost my belief, in the midst of setbacks which were not spared me during my period of struggle. Providence has had the last word and brought me success." Hitler - 24 February, 1939 : "If positive Christianity means love of one's neighbour, i.e. the tending of the sick, the clothing of the poor, the feeding of the hungry, the giving of drink to those who are thirsty, then it is we who are the more positive Christians." http://www.hitler.org... http://www.nobeliefs.com... As one can clearly see, Hitler was a Christian and believed the Nazi movement to be a Christian movement, spreading the ideals of Christianity through Europe as the drove the competing Jews from their land. ******************************************* Readers, please note that this debate has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not Hitler was acting MORALLY or whether or not he was appropriately PRACTICING his beliefs. This debate is about what beliefs he held. I would like the readers to consider that any transcriptions we have of Hitler's speeches are in English, not German, so they are automatically one step removed from the original. That said, there is a plethora of evidence that these speeches took place, most notably the fact that you can buy them on VHS here (http://www.amazon.com...). AFFIRMED