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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Is this true?
From what I know about modern Nazi movements, which admittedly isn't terribly much, they tend to be atheist.
If you go to the American Nazi Party website, there is no mention of God anywhere in their ideology.
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I don't know terribly much about it either, but I've seen a documentary or two and the phrases "Christian nation" and "Christian values" were pretty common. "Racial Holy War" and burning crosses and all the rest. Most of these morons come from the Bible Belt to boot.
But that's all for another discussion and doesn't mean much.
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I'm not saying that he was an atheist, as it is known that he was actually dabbling in the occult. He certainly wasn't a Christian though, and he certainly didn't use religion to fuel his actions either.
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I'd say he used religion to fuel his actions. His hatred for and propaganda railing against a religious group played a role in the holocaust.
Anyway, again -- let's say Hitler was an atheist. Was it the disbelief that led to all the terrible stuff he was responsible for?
The implication, far as I see it, behind the old "Hitler was an atheist" argument is that a lack of belief is what allowed him to commit such crimes. Is that the idea?