Was Nazism an Atheistic Ideology?
Yes
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No
Side Score: 7
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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/ 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
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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
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