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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (38414)	7/1/2013 7:26:19 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

You're right. The entertainment value is way down. If I thought I could improve either of them, it would be worth it. But it merely seems to be a waste of time.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (38414)	7/1/2013 10:32:00 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 69300

Hitler was a lapsed Catholic. We know from this thread what they're like: Born to a practicing Catholic mother and an anticlerical father, after leaving home, Hitler never again attended Mass or received the sacraments. [344] [345] [346] Speer states that Hitler made harsh pronouncements against the church to his political associates and though he never officially left it, he had no attachment to it. [347] He adds that Hitler felt that in the absence of the church the faithful would turn to mysticism, which he considered a step backwards. [347] Historian John S. Conway states that Hitler was fundamentally opposed to the Christian churches. [348] According to Bullock, Hitler did not believe in God, was anticlerical, and held Christian ethics in contempt because they contravened his preferred view of "survival of the fittest". [349] Hitler viewed Protestant clergy as insignificant and submissive. [350] While hostile to its teachings, he had admiration for the power of the Roman Church. [351] He favoured aspects of Protestantism that suited his own views, and adopted some elements of the Catholic Church's hierarchical organisation, liturgy, and phraseology in his politics. [352] Hitler viewed the church as an important politically conservative influence on society, [353] and he adopted a strategic relationship with it "that suited his immediate political purposes". [348] In public, Hitler often praised Christian heritage and German Christian culture, though professing a belief in an "Aryan" Jesus—one who fought against the Jews. [354] Any pro-Christian public rhetoric was at variance with his personal beliefs, which described Christianity as "absurdity" [355] and humbug founded on lies [356] with which he could "never come personally to terms". [357] He considered Christianity a religion fit only for slaves. [351] According to a US Office of Strategic Services report, "The Nazi Master Plan", Hitler planned to destroy the influence of Christian churches within the Reich. [358] [359] His eventual goal was the total elimination of Christianity. [360] This goal informed Hitler's movement very early on, but he saw it as inexpedient to express this extreme position publicly. [361] According to Bullock, Hitler wanted to wait until after the war before executing this plan. [351]