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Apols for the delay but this thought only occured to me last night
Atheist Heads of State:
Mao
Stalin
Hitler
Pol Pot
:chin:
Hitler wasn't an atheist.
What religion did he follow?
He was born a Catholic, but he didn't follow it. His religion was a mish-mash of different elements, and the Christianity was more cultural than spirutal
That is not Christianity. Catholic or otherwise, Hitler invented and adhered to his own beliefs.
He made his own religion, but which theist doesn't? Either way: Hitler wasn't an atheist.
He was religious. He just bastardised his Catholicism. As all theists do.
He subscribed to all the Jesus and God mumbo-jumbo, but his Jesus, according to your reference, was a warrior Jesus. The Nazis even had "God Mit Uns" on their belt buckles.
The Nazis were the opposite of everything Jesus taught, IMO.
tbc
But German anti-semitism was based on blood, not religion.
i certainly don't think Nazi Germany was an atheist state, but the persecution of the Jews wasn't a religous one.
As for persecution of the Jews, it's clear from Mein Kampf that Hitler viewed Jews as the enemy. He used them as a scapegoat for the massive problems that Germany had suffered since the end of World War One. (for example, the very poor governments of the 1920s, the massive debts Germany had been forced to take on, etc) History shows us that certain groups have been wrongly demonised for political purposes - Hitler chose to target the Jews. However, no one can be sure of whether the Final Solution was a deliberate or accidental policy. Historians aren't even certain whether Hitler personally authorised the policy, such was the extremely confusing way he ran the government. Remember, Hitler had little time for day to day government. Although it's very hard to see how the Final Solution could have been implemented without Hitler's knowledge, we may never know the full story, as all those who could tell us are long dead.