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Was Nazism an Atheistic Ideology?

Yes

Side Score: 1
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No

Side Score: 7
1 point

It opposed the Jewish god.

Side: Yes
2 points

The Jewish God is not ever God. Rejecting just one God does not make you an atheist.

Side: No
2 points

Given these things:

1. Hitler quotes:

“The anti-Semitism of the new movement (Christian Social movement)

was based on religious ideas instead of racial knowledge.”

[Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf", Vol. 1, Chapter 3]

“I believe today that I am acting in the sense of the Almighty

Creator. By warding off the Jews I am fighting for the Lord’s work.”

[Adolph Hitler, Speech, Reichstag, 1936]

“I have followed [the Church] in giving our party program the

character of unalterable finality, like the Creed. The Church has

never allowed the Creed to be interfered with. It is fifteen hundred

years since it was formulated, but every suggestion for its

amendment, every logical criticism, or attack on it, has been

rejected. The Church has realized that anything and everything can be

built up on a document of that sort, no matter how contradictory or

irreconcilable with it. The faithful will swallow it whole, so long

as logical reasoning is never allowed to be brought to bear on it.”

[Adolf Hitler, from Rauschning, The Voice of Destruction, pp. 239-40]

Etc.

2. According to this site: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/ 08/23/list-of-hitler-quotes-he-was-q/ , among the list of books than the Nazi controlled government banned included: Alle Schriften, welche die christliche Religion und ihre Einrichtungen, den Gottesglauben und andere einem gesunden Volksempfinden heiligen Dinge verh�hnen, verumglimpfen oder ver�chtlich machen(All writings that ridicule, belittle or besmirch the Christian religion and its institution, faith in God, or other things that are holy to the healthy sentiments of the Volk)

3. German soldiers of various ranks wore emblems with the phrase "Gott Mit Uns" on their belt buckles, although this was tradition dating back to the days of the roman empire, many German officers of high rank within the Waffen SS still bore this phrase and it was still kept intact as a national phrase within the German Army.

Side: No
2 points

Hitler was a staunch Christian who cited his God in nearly every speech he ever made- his religion was a large part of why the JEws were his biggest focus.

And for crying out loud, the Nazi emblem has "Gott Mit Uns" on it- "God With Us".

Side: No

I'm going to have to go with no on this one. I mean, the very concept of a master race seems to hinge on being favored by some god or gods, and even if that's not necessarily the case, simply believing that your race is the best and is destined to rule over all others is close enough to religion.

Side: No