tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post3531362263689488082..comments2023-09-02T07:14:49.753-04:00Comments on Atheism And The City: Hitler Was NOT An AtheistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-16129072407073013122013-09-09T13:26:31.272-04:002013-09-09T13:26:31.272-04:00They forget that a lot of "Christians" h...They forget that a lot of "Christians" have killed in the name of god, or killed in general. And if sinning terminates one's Christianity, then there are no true Christians. <br /><br />I like to challenge Christians with this hypothetical: If god wanted to pass judgement on the Jews by commanding Hitler to wipe them out, the same way he commanded the Jews to wipe out the Canaanites and Midianites, would the holocaust have been morally good? To stay true to their faith they have to say yes. The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303015383137218932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-70475608151122982122013-09-09T13:19:38.240-04:002013-09-09T13:19:38.240-04:00While we don't know Hitler's personal thou...While we don't know Hitler's personal thoughts on god, we have no evidence to my knowledge that he was an atheist. He seemed to have believed in a variation of the biblical god. Basically whenever Yahweh was in a bad mood towards the Jews, that was Hitler's god all the time. <br /><br />Einstein was clearly a pantheist/deist from his writings. He was not a theist. The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303015383137218932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-10601328587009580882013-09-09T10:16:10.734-04:002013-09-09T10:16:10.734-04:00Hitler and Einstein seem to be the most argued abo...Hitler and Einstein seem to be the most argued about figures in terms of their faith or lack there of. In terms of Hitler, the No True Scottsman fallacy gets used a lot, kind of like Jack said. I don't claim Hitler was a Christian, but neither do I accept claims of atheism. He was a politican, which means we can't know what he really was. They largely pander to their audience.Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339125862340793733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-41609204374278261252013-09-09T05:55:24.814-04:002013-09-09T05:55:24.814-04:00After having this very argument with quite a few C...After having this very argument with quite a few Christians over the years, it seems that their core argument boils down to this: Hitler was not a Christian because he did things that no Christian would do. That is, his evil behavior proves he was not a Christian because Christians do not commit evil. Obviously, this claim is thoroughly absurd. And yet, I hear it again and again. They use it with Hitler, fallen clergy, and even routine criminals. The moment someone does something of which they do not approve, the person magically ceases to be a Christian.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09485781130885424400noreply@blogger.com