Myth buster (209)
“I call those statements worshiping Hitler. Wouldn’t that make them pagans?”
As pagan is often used, yes, but in reality, no.
Many people have heard the name “Pagan” used as a slur for so long that they use it as one, making it difficult to really limit what it means to the true definition. The same is true for “Christian”. Even when not used that way, it has something of the Queen in “Alice in Wonderland” about it these days. It means exactly what the poster wanted it to mean whether you understand it or not. That’s a large part of the problem with many things in this country these days; people tend to put things they like in one huge non-descriptive category, and things they don’t like into the other huge descriptive category. That makes it very common to toss pejoratives around in order to waste any time on the details. Discussions, after all, shouldn’t take too much time away from more passive pursuits.
As for accurately categorizing the spiritual aspects of the German pre-WWII Nazi party, Pagan, is as inaccurate as is saying they were Christian. From what I’ve read, Himmler and Hess planned on moving to essentially the type of Imperial Cult that existed in ancient Egypt once they could sway Hitler or after Hitler died. Himmler and Hess as well as many other high ranking Nazis liked elements of various pagan faiths and rituals, but seemed intent on making something of their own design.
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