One of the disturbing things on social media by those who wish to attack Christianity is to sling memes like this over to uninformed Christians who may be taken by surprise and actually believe this and be confused. They did it to me which is why I needed to write this post for any others who may have their faith questioned and get confused. Please be aware of those that strive to connect Hitler to Christianity in their attempts to tear down Christianity and shame Christians. Do not fall for their tactics. There is enough truth out there that Hitler was not a Christian during his years where he rose to power and committed unspeakable atrocities. He was a psychopath.
Did Hitler say this in 1928? Yes he did. But before you get disheartened, please relax and see this.
What it boils down to is Hitler was only using Christianity as a weapon to advance his agenda and he later ended up persecuting Christians as well as Judaists.
It's true that Hitler said this in 1928. The original quote was slightly longer than what has appeared in memes. At the same time, history showed that Hitler's National Socialist Movement later sought to destroy Christianity once in power. Citing evidence from the Nuremberg war-crime trials, The New York Times reported that, "the Nazis simply lied and made deals with the churches while planning a 'slow and cautious policy of gradual encroachment' to eliminate Christianity."
Here are some articles confirming the above.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/adolph-hitler-was-never-a-christian-and-hated-christianity.html
There are some good resources here and this account is worth a follow
There is a book that explains these things about Hitler's religion.
You can get the book here.
Another interesting article by an expert on fascism Stanley Payne (please do look him up).
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