mornelithe said:
Yeah I wasn't really making any truth claims there, sorry if it came across that way. It was meant more as a question to you (since I can pretty much depend on you taking care of any long sourced rebuttals w/ sources, in this particular debate), and was curious if you had any knowledge on the matter. I definitely agree about old symbolism being used in everything, though. |
Eh... for me, I've looked a bit into Hitler's views on Christianity and Atheism, because it's frequently used as a way to show that Atheism, or more accurately Darwinism, leads to eating babies.
At any rate, the Swastika was the symbol of the Nazi party as of 1920. Hitler did not implement it, I don't believe because he was not yet the Chairman, but he did decide to use it for the flag. The Nazi movement was about German pride, so they incorporated a lot of older German pagan beliefs, and it was a symbol of Nordic heritage they believed they had. It's unclear whether they actually believed in any of it.
Hitler distanced himself from paganism as his reign went on, but it's not really clear if this was based on beliefs, or simply because he felt Christianity would be more effective in promoting his goals. There aren't that many comments reportedly made in private to really suggest Hitler believed in paganism, so the idea that he was a pagan seems unlikely.
