Skarten wrote:Kinky Bastards wrote:The Catholic Italy had no problems with allying with the Nazis...
It's probably off topic, but the Nazis' view of Christianity was just as varying as the amount of Nazis. Many considered themselves good Christians, others hated the church. Himmler wanted to replace it with neo-paganism, but Hitler was secular and thought that Himmler's idea was stupid. Basically, (at least during the war and before) the only problem the Nazis had with some Christians was that those Christians opposed their politics. That's why Yehova's Witnesses were put into concentration camps. The Nazis also disliked the church because it represented "old dogma", so they weren't really any more Antichrist than say today's liberals. It's of course impossible to know what would have happened if the Germans had won, but I guess it's not too unlikely that it had been just as in East Germany, that churches still had been allowed to operate as long as they didn't became political. Just my two cents.
Way too serious answer, I know, but I couldn't help it.
They WERE NEUTRAL BECAUSE THEY WERENT A DAMN ARMY
Plus- They Were and are totally Against Anti-Semitism and racism.
There was even rebellion leaded by The Catholic church.
Italy wasn't neutral. Did you think I said the Vatican? Because I didn't. And the Catholic France under Petain was far from against antisemitism or racism. It was like that before Petain too, and even De Gaulle, while not an antisemite, had racist views. But I'm digressing.
There was also many Catholic priests who helped the most dreaded SS men to flee from justice after the war.
Look, there were Catholics who liked the Nazis, and there were Catholics who didn't. There were Nazis who liked Christians, and there were Nazis who didn't. It's not very complicated, but let's not argue over this.



