Was Hitler a Christian?
No!
However, lots of atheists lately are insisting that Hitler was really a Christian. They start with the fact that He was baptized into the Catholic Church as a baby and never renounced his membership in the church. Also, that he used lots of Christian ‘God’ language and references in his speeches.
Here’s a great discussion of this issue on Aplogetics Review.
The author responds with this:
Some Questions to Answer if Hitler was a Christian…
1. If Hitler was a Christian, why did he not attend mass? or go to confession? (Lord knows he could have spent some time in there).
2. If Hitler was a Christian, why was he married in a civil ceremony by a Nazi officer and not by a priest? He had the means to have had anyone brought into the bunker he wished, but he did not invite a priest to officiate the ceremony.
3. If Hitler was a Christian, how to you explain the explicit anti-Christian statements made in private that are recorded in Table Talk?
Read the article and the ‘Table Talk’ quotes that show Hitler’s real opinion of Christianity.
If Hitler was a Christian, why did so many Christian leaders like Bonhoeffer and so many Catholic Priests end up in concentration camps along with the millions of Jews.