Hitler did not wage “war due to being an Aryan supremacist”
—EvilBible.com
We now begin considering a section entitled;
Hitler’s involvement with the Church:
Let us parse this section:
a) Hitler was baptized as Roman Catholic during infancy in Austria.
Note that the title of the section is “Hitler’s involvement with the Church” and not, at least not yet, “This is why Hitler was a Christian.” Thus, we are not yet dealing with the misunderstanding of many who think that baptized as equals is a Christian (although I would imagine that this is the implication).
b) As Hitler approached boyhood he attended a monastery school. (On his way to school young Adolf daily observed a stone arch which was carved with the monastery’s coat of arms bearing a swastika.)
One can only wonder what this means since she does not elucidate but we are apparently supposed to equate the swastika on the monastery school with the swastika of Nazism. The swastika can be found on ancient artistry from the ancient Indians (“swastika” comes from the Sanskrit “svástika”) to the ancient Native Americans and various cultures in-between. She may be implying that Hitler was giving homage to his monastery school when devising Nazi symbolism. She might as well claim that Hitler has giving homage to Eastern philosophies (which would actually be a much more accurate claim as I evidenced in From Zeitgeist to Poltergeist, Part 8 of 13).
c) Hitler was a communicant and an altar boy in the Catholic Church.
Again, for now we must leave it at, “Fine. Where are you going with this?”
d) As a young man he was confirmed as a “soldier of Christ.” His most ardent goal at the time was to become a priest. Hitler writes of his love for the church and clergy: “I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only natural, the abbot seemed to me, as the village priest had once seemed to my father, the highest and most desirable ideal.” -Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)
While we were promised German soldier gleaned gnosis we get a quote from Mein Kampf—perhaps the anecdotal gnosis it to follow.
Yet, this quotation actually makes a very, very important point. No, not about Hitler but about Charlotte and evilbile.com. This is indicative of just how carefully one must read their writings.
Is she actually quoting Adolf Hitler? Yes.
Is she actually quoting Mein Kampf? Yes.
Did Hitler have a love for the church and clergy? Yes (but…).
Does the quote actually imply what she infers? No.
Note that as a citation she offers “Mein Kampf.” This is not very scholarly as it is generic and not helpful for the true skeptic who wants to check out the primary source material—citing an entire book is vague. Note that her quote ends at “…the highest and most desirable ideal.” By ending here she has provided just enough of the quote to seem as if her assertion is thus vindicated. Note that above I wrote “Yes (but…)” which I did because I did something that I hope many people will do; check out the source and read the context.
Just after writing—and I mean the very next words that Hitler wrote after—“…the highest and most desirable ideal” Hitler wrote, “For a time, at least, this was the case…” Do you see why she halted the quote where she did? It is so that it can be made to appear as if Hitler is stating something that he was not. It is as I stated “Did Hitler have a love for the church and clergy? Yes (but…).” Charlotte never got to the “but…” part but I will. Hitler continues by writing:
As it happened, my temporary aspiration for this profession was in any case soon to vanish…
Rummaging through my father’s library, I had come across various books of a military nature…which now became my favorite reading matter It was not long before the great heroic struggle had become my greatest inner experience. From then on I became more and more enthusiastic about everything that was in any way connected with war or, for that matter, with soldiering. But in another respect as well, this was to assume importance for me. For the first time, though as yet in a confused form, the question was forced upon my consciousness: Was there a difference -and if so what difference-between the Germans who fought these battles and other Germans? Why hadn’t Austria taken part in this war; why hadn’t my father and all the others fought?Are we not the same as all other Germans?Do we not all belong together? This problem began to gnaw at my little brain for the first time. I asked cautious questions and with secret envy received the answer that not every German was fortunate enough to belong to Bismarck’s Reich..This was more than I could understand.
As is clear from history: Hitler’s motivation was not religious but racial and nationalistic (National Socialist Party). Thus, his childlike “love for the church and clergy” quickly gave way to his love for nation and race.
This was quoted from Mein Kampf Volume One – A Reckoning” “Chapter I: In The House Of My Parents. If you think that she was misrepresenting the text, imagine what she does with the Bible. Actually, you do not have image, I evidenced it in my parsed essay Atheism, EvilBible.com, “Theists Suck” and Christians are Hypocrites.
Evilbile.com continues Charlotte’s essay thusly:
e) Hitler was NEVER excommunicated nor condemned by his church. Matter of fact the Church felt he was JUST and “avenging for God” in attacking the Jews for they deemed the Semites the killers of Jesus.
f) Hitler, Franco and Mussolini were given VETO power over whom the pope could appoint as a bishop in Germany, Spain and Italy. In turn they surtaxed the Catholics and gave the money to the Vatican. Hitler wrote a speech in which he talks about this alliance, this is an excerpt: “The fact that the Vatican is concluding a treaty with the new Germany means the acknowledgement of the National Socialist state by the Catholic Church. This treaty shows the whole world clearly and unequivocally that the assertion that National Socialism [Nazism] is hostile to religion is a lie.” Adolf Hitler, 22 July 1933, writing to the Nazi Party [brackets in original]
This, and what is to follow, is indicative of something which personages such as Charlotte do not seem to consider: it represents a chaotic concoction of political and theological machinations towards the end of either those in political and religious power or those who sought to gain such power.