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Does it Matter that Hitler was a Theist?

Sunstone

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
Now and then one or another person on this board has raised Hitler's religious beliefs as evidence for...what? Does it matter that Hitler seems to have believed in a god? Was his belief in deity at all significant to what he did? Do you think it would have changed anything if he had been less religious -- perhaps even an atheist? Why or why not?
 
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Tristesse

Well-Known Member
Sunstone said:
Now and then one or another person on this board has raised Hitler's religious beliefs as evidence for...what? Does it matter that Hitler seems to have believed in a god? Was his belief in deity at all significant to what he did? Do you think it would have changed anything if he had been less religious -- perhaps even an atheist? Why or why not?
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No, I don't think it matters whether or not he was a theist, but many religious people seem very eager to claim that hitler was an atheist, and that its his atheism that drove him to carry out his atrocities. At that point I think a little history lesson is in order.
 
Me Myself

Me Myself

Back to my username
Tristesse said:
No, I don't think it matters whether or not he was a theist, but many religious people seem very eager to claim that hitler was an atheist, and that its his atheism that drove him to carry out his atrocities. At that point I think a little history lesson is in order.
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This.
 
BobbyisStrange

BobbyisStrange

The Adversary
As an atheist/agnostic I get in this debate quite often...however it is because the theists say hitler was an atheist and that isn't true. Look some people just do crazy things.
 
1137

1137

Here until I storm off again
Premium Member
No it does not matter what someone believes (or claims to), it simply matters what they do. Hitler and Staling killed millions of people, their beliefs do not define them but their actions do. As for the Catholic Church supporting Hitler, there is something worth talking about.
 
outhouse

outhouse

Atheistically
Sunstone said:
Now and then one or another person on this board has raised Hitler's religious beliefs as evidence for...what? Does it matter that Hitler seems to have believed in a god? Was his belief in deity at all significant to what he did? Do you think it would have changed anything if he had been less religious -- perhaps even an atheist? Why or why not?
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Not at all

religion doesnt make a man. his decisions do.
 
1137

1137

Here until I storm off again
Premium Member
The Sum of Awe said:
No. Does Hitler even matter?
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Actually yes, at least relative to human life on earth. It is something important to learn from because it can (and is) happening again. Over all it really doesn't even matter if all humanity was wiped out by a deadly virus. But to us, it is important to remember.
 
ChristineES

ChristineES

Tiggerism
Premium Member
Hitler would have been the same if he'd been theist, atheist, deist, agnostic or whatever. The man had syphilis, a disease that causes people to go insane (unless you get a shot of penicillin). The man was mentally ill and he was a sociopath and a psychopath.
 
ChristineES

ChristineES

Tiggerism
Premium Member
Does it matter that Ghandi was a theist (Hindu)? ;) Does it matter that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a theist (Christian)? Does it matter that John Lennon was an atheist? ;););) (Men of peace).
 
BobbyisStrange

BobbyisStrange

The Adversary
ChristineES said:
Hitler would have been the same if he'd been theist, atheist, deist, agnostic or whatever. The man had syphilis, a disease that causes people to go insane (unless you get a shot of penicillin). The man was mentally ill and he was a sociopath and a psychopath.
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Agreed.
 
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