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[–] 31 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Good question. From a quick search, this doesn't appear to be true, protestants were overrepresented in both the Nazi party and their electorate ; so that'd make it rightfully controversial.

Maybe you have a more reliable source than the ones quoted by wikipedia ? Or maybe the scope of your statement is different than the one dealt with in this article (like fascists as a whole and not just nazis)?

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Do you have a source for that? Germany generally has a protestant majority, so that would be a bit odd.

    Also the Nazi leadership was quite at odds with the catholic church and Hitler even tried to create a unified protestant church.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It's not controversial. It's just incorrect.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago

    It’s just false. Most Germans were (and still are) protestant, and protestants were overrepresented in the NSDAP.

    The Italian fascists were catholic, though.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    OK tell us the rest of this half story. What did you say at Easter dinner?

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    It would be more appropriate to state that the vast majority of nazis were Christians.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    lot has been said. deutsche christen werent catholics. but they sound familiar, these days.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    No one really cares about the religion of nazis. The real controversy was the pope being a friend of the nazis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_and_the_Holocaust

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Why is this downvoted? It is posted in “no stupid questions” for a reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    It's a fallacy called "begging the question", a form of bad faith. The question itself assumes something false to be true, then asks a question based on that false assumption.

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