Ha trach I was actually going to start a forum post about this a few weeks ago. Because two of TMs statements that always bugged me was his "nazi christians" and "kkk christians". But after everyone got done laughing at his "partner with islam" ideas, it looked liked most (ahem) everyone had let it rest.

Now since you've put the post up I'll share some of the "research" I've been doing.

First let's get the "kkk are christians" out of the way. The klan burns or burned crosses because they are vehemently anti-catholic. It's neither a race thing or pro-christian statement. If anything they were pro-protestant jihadists. Why do you think there is a "whites" column in lynching statistics by year? If you were a white, catholic republican dating a black woman, whooo look out.

Now as far as the matter at hand, my hard, exhaustive "research" has consisted of one book only. My hard back 1st ed. printing of Goebbels diaries. Looks just like this one except my book spine is split. What could possibly be a better source(crackball websites aside) on getting a look at how the reich viewed and thought of Christianity and organized religion? Did you know there actually was a "church solution"? Some quotes will include footnotes by the editor, translator Lochner who knew Goebbels.

1/29/42

"Rosenberg's office has worked out an agrarian reform for the occupied areas which envisages the gradual elimination of the kolchose [collective community farm] and the return of land to private ownership."

[ Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi party Reichsleiter for ideological indoctrination and editor of the official Party organ, the Voelkischer Beobachter (Racist Observer), was one of HItler's earliest followers ...He was one of the bitterest opponents of Christianity and worked for its complete abolition in Germany..]

2/1/42

"It would be far more fitting for Spain to remain faithful to the Axis, for no special laurels are to be had from the Catholic Church. Franco, as we know, is a bigoted churchgoer."

2/5/42

"Some difficulties arise for us from the fact that the churches, especially the Catholic Church, are trying to use our seizure of church bells for war purposes as an excuse for unrestrained propaganda against National Socialism."

2/19/42

"The Catholic Church continues to act in a dastardly way. A number of pastoral letters have been laid before me which are so unrealistic and treacherous that nothing need be added. ..Let the "skypilots" [Pfaffen] have their say; we'll present our bill to them after the war."

2/21/42

"Bishop Presing of Berlin continues to criticize the German war leaders. I had at first intended to order him to come to see me personally and then to tell him off, but I got away from that idea because I am convinced this would lead to nothing...It is best not to touch on this theme at all but rather to postpone it to the end of the war."

3/21/42

"On the one hand it can't be denied that certain measures of the Party, especially the decree about crucifixes, have made it altogether too easy to the bishops to rant against the state. Goering, too, is very much put out about it. His whole attitude toward the Christian denominations is quite open and aboveboard. He sees through them, and has no intention whatever of taking them under his protection. On the other hand he agrees with me completely that it won't do to get started now, in wartime, on so difficult and far-reaching a problem."

[The Nazis insisted upon the removal of crucifixes from schools and hospitals.]

12/11/42

"The Fascist periodical, Gerarchia, which is edited by Mussolini himself, discussed at length the question of religion in Europe after the war. Christianity is pointedly placed in the foreground. Obviously the Duce feels that he must somewhat neutralize the work of the Church...But that is all the more reason for us not to say anything about these utterances of his."

[The Nazis were determined to eliminate Christianity from Germany after the war. Alfred Rosenberg had already prepared a decree for Hitler's signature by which even the lowest-paid menial worker on the public pay roll was to lose his job if he continued church membership.]

12/17/42

"The Fascist Revolution, a periodical belonging to a nephew of the Duce, has published an article opposing our National Socialist conception of religion. This article deals with the same theme that was discussed recently in Gerarchia, its tenor being that Europe is a Christian continent and that the Christian leadership of the continent must continue. ...we are not in a position at the moment to publish all our arguments. We shall have to wait for a more favorable opportunity. Most likely we can tackle the church question bluntly only after the war."

"The Christmas program for radio and the press has been submitted for my okay. We are limiting ourselves to only a few broadcasts and editorials dealing exclusively with Christmas. It won't do for the people in these difficult times to fall too much for the sentimental magic of these festival days."

5/8/43

"Opposition by the churches, which is giving us such an awful lot of trouble, no longer exists under Bolshevism. If there is talk today of a Metropolitan of Moscow, that is naturally just a Jewish swindle."

7/28/43

"Himmler told me something about a question that is rather secondary; namely, that of the International Bible Students. These Bible Students are a queer mixture of contemporaries living outside our time. Their refusal to bear arms is usually not because of cowardice, but a matter of principle. That's why Himmler rightly takes this view: Objectors to military service who are beyond draft age should be put behind bars so that they cannot proselytize; objectors to military service, however, who are of draft age, should be condemned to death for cowardice and desertion. Some of them accept the death penalty with absolute stoicism. The older Bible Students are giving an excellent account of themselves in concentration camps and are exceptionally able and dependable workers; they give us the least trouble of anybody there."

[The International Bible Students were a small sect claiming to be serious searchers into the verities of Holy Script. The conception of the "conscientious objector" was unknown to the Nazis]

I still have some pages I haven't looked through, if I find anything else, as if anyone needed it, I'll post it back here.

On a side note about a year ago, I ended up at the nazi.org forums.(No I wasn't searching it out, but I fear no link) Someone had put up a post trying to link the nazis to christianity. There were cries of "is this a troll". They completely shredded the idea (better than I've done here actually) it's absolutely laughable even to modern nazis that they had anything to do with christianity or were christians. Can we put this to bed now?