"The thing about Nazism, Maoism and Stalinism. They were religions, state religions. Those dictators didn't get rid of God because they hated religion. They got rid of God because they hated the competition." —Bill Maher (or one of his writers)
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Except that Nazism didn’t get rid of God at all. Nazism utilized belief in God for its own purposes. (“Got mit uns” is German for “God with us.”)pic.twitter.com/WbMoolCx6r
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Replying to @JoelMCurzon
Yes. The Nazi party was split between atheists, pagans, and Christians. Most of the top brass were atheists or pagans, and despised Christianity as an invention of Jewry, but they knew that a large proportion of the German populace were Christian so used God as propaganda tool .
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Nevertheless, the ultimate plan of the Nazis was to abolish Christianity. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/weekinreview/word-for-word-case-against-nazis-hitler-s-forces-planned-destroy-german.html …
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