mikema63 wrote:Rich is claiming that Reagan wasn't christian, not that Hitler was.
No the Christians don't get off that easily. Hitler has been designated the most evil man in the history of the world. Just think about it, the Christians and those Conservative non Christians that jump into bed with the Christians have had seventy years work up a case that Hitler wasn't a Christian and the paucity of their case speaks volumes. Hitler certainly tolerated non Christians in the leadership of the Nazi state, but then Hitler generally gave huge lassitude to his lieutenants, he wasn't a rigid control freak like Stalin or Gordon Brown.
What people seem to forget is that Adolf Hitler was the German JFK. Key lieutenants such as Himmler and Goebels were Catholics. When he came to power his Vice Chancellor was also a Catholic. In such circumstances Hitler could hardly be expected to play up his Catholicism.
Ronald Reagan on the other hand had to pretend to be a Christian. He wasn't a dictator like Hitler. The Reagan Administration's willingness to describe the Afghan conflict as a holy war speaks to their utter contempt for Christianity. Reagan's use of Christianity for the anti Communist cause was no different from Stalin's cynical use of Christianity for the pro Communist cause.