# Hitler a Christian?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-a-christian/386104>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 30, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-a-christian/386104 "2006-12-30T11:57:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-a-christian/386104/41 "2007-01-19T20:03:12Z")

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[QUOTE=chorpler]

Well, that’s what I was wondering: to what extent Germany _was_ a “Christian” country in the 1920’s (and the 30’s and 40’s, too). It seems unlikely that it would be anything other than Christian, but I’ve heard claims that it wasn’t, and that Christians were minority by the time the Nazis came to power.  
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I’m not sure you’re going to find it possible to get a definitive answer to your question. If you were to ask the same question of the present-day USA, you would most likely get different answers depending on who you asked, what agenda he/she may or may not have, and the context of the asking.

RR

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**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-a-christian/386104/42 "2007-01-19T20:13:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Krokodil]  
My calling Howard Metzenbaum “not a real Democrat” or George Allen “not a real Virginian” doesn’t make it so.  
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. . . but if Metzenbaum identified himself as a Democrat yet consistently voted Republican in the Senate and in every election, I think anyone would be justified in questioning whether he is, in fact, a “real” Democrat.

RR

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-a-christian/386104/43 "2007-01-25T06:52:13Z")

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[QUOTE=RiverRunner]  
. . . but if Metzenbaum identified himself as a Democrat yet consistently voted Republican in the Senate and in every election, I think anyone would be justified in questioning whether he is, in fact, a “real” Democrat.  
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You’ve confused Metzenbaum with Lieberman. All those yarmulkes look alike. 😃 )

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-a-christian/386104/44 "2007-01-25T06:57:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Krokodil]  
A substantial number of Catholics don’t think Protestants are the genuine article. . . .  
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???

I’ve never actually encountered that claim. I remember when they changed from “damned heretics” to “separated brethren” in the mid-1960s, but I don’t think I have encountered a Catholic who claimed Protestants were not Christian. (Certainly a claim of “substantial number” needs a bit of clarification.)

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-a-christian/386104/45 "2007-02-03T05:17:28Z")

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I recall the mental contortions Sister went through before admitting Protestants _were_ Christians, though still the worst sort of devils. It’s one thing to not know the Truth because you’ve never been exposed to it, like the Pagan Babies we used to buy, but something much worse to deny it when it’s as plain as the nose on yer damned, heathen face. 😉

Hmmm, buying Pagan Babies has potential as a Pit thread someday.

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