Who's the most influential athiest of the 20th century?

LOL back, none of the quotes you provided showed that he was an atheist at all. Which, you know, was one of your original and specious assertions that started this thread. I even added a link to a Nazi image that said something like "God is with us". We atheists don't tend to do that kinda thing.

My $1L offer for you to buy some facts still stands.

even if you were the meglomaniac genocidal oppurtunistic psychopath kind? you don't think you might tell a white few lies here and there about your athiesm to achieve more important things like conquering europe and eradicating ethnic minorities?

In other words, this is what Jauani thinks, therefore it must be true. Facts are irrelevant.

Hitler often adapted elements of Christian theology into his speeches. However he and other Nazi leaders rather subscribed either to a mixture of modern (pseudo-)scientific theories, as Hitler himself did, or to mysticism and occultism, which was especially strong in the SS. Central to both groupings was the belief in German racial superiority.

it's not a smoking gun, but it's a way better than a belt buckle.

and it's also not atheism.

In contrast to other Nazi leaders, Hitler did not adhere to esoteric ideas, occultism, or neo-paganism, and even ridiculed such beliefs in private. Drawing on Higher Criticism and some branches of theologically liberal Protestantism, Hitler advocated what he termed Positive Christianity, purged of everything that he found objectionable. Hitler never directed his attacks on Jesus himself,[9] but viewed traditional Christianity as a corruption of the original ideas of Jesus,[10] whom Hitler regarded as an Aryan opponent of the Jews.[11] In Mein Kampf he wrote that Jesus "made no secret of his attitude toward the Jewish people, and when necessary he even took the whip to drive from the temple of the Lord this adversary of all humanity, who then as always saw in religion nothing but an instrument for his business existence. In return, Christ was nailed to the cross." Hitler rejected the idea of Jesus' redemptive suffering, stating in 1927: "My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God's truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter."[12]

You may want to do a bit more research...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler/temp_religious_beliefs

yeah because hitler never lied about his beliefs or intentions.

bad scholarship takes genocidal psycopaths and career liars words at face value. particularly in their propoganda manifesto.

In other words, this is what Jauani thinks, therefore it must be true. Facts are irrelevant.

why don't you go find me some facts first, rather than a belt buckle and some quotes from mein krapf.

I'm not the one claiming that Hitler was an atheist. I have to ask why you assume that he was? Is it perhaps because you're a bigot and think only an atheist could be responsible for the holocaust? Go find your own facts and stop talking out of your ass.

did you come up with these conclusions because you are illiterate or because you are an imbecile?

genocidal psycopaths come in all flavours. are you such a bigot that you think only religious people are capable of evil?

i found plenty of links that describe hitlers only interest in religion was in exploiting it. i found a link on the wikipedia that states that hitler did not subscribe to christianity but to pseudo scientific theories (much like yourself). if you have a problem with that source, make sure to file a complaint to the wikipedia. until you can find me better evidence than a belt buckle or mein krapf, my evidence trumps yours.

None of the above.

Lucifer's list was a great start to the truly influential atheists in history, though I don't think Einstein belongs on that list as he was more of a Deist.

The two most famous atheists, of course, were Ayn Rand and Madeline Murray O'Hare. O'Hare, for all her self-importance and antagonistic attitude, broke the myth imposed upon this country in the '50s that we had to have God in our schools and in our government.

And while I differ with parts of Rand's philosophy, she had it right when it came to personal accountability.

There are no children (in theory) or animals playing Second Life. However, there *are* people from persecuted racial groups.

Nice cover story. You didn't even start googling any of it until you were called on it and you have yet to produce any convincing evidence. I call that talking out of your ass. It's also beside the point since your only intent in starting this tread was to troll.

tell me about it! i'm currently serving a 7 day suspension because i hurt some misogynists feelings.

actually, that wikipedia entry was the first thing i googled to confirm my recollections on hitlers religion before posting my picks for the most influential athiests of the century

Is it not vulgar or obscene to simulate illegal acts?

Right. That must be why you haven't posted anything that actually says Hitler was an atheist and ignored the plethora of sources that say otherwise.

http://www.google.com/search?q=hitler%27s+religion

Or, in lieu of actually learning something and accepting that you're wrong, just make more personal attacks. That's normally what you do.

did you come up with these conclusions because you are illiterate or because you are an imbecile?

Do you not think that's a personal attack because you are illiterate or because you are an imbecile?

neither. you're too thin skinned to play on the internet.