yet Hitler was a roman catholic. :rolleyes: Many leaders publicly pretend to be religious to appease their people. If I were the leader of a country that was largely composed of Christians then I would probably say yeah I'm a Christian, Jesus is my savior blah blah blah and attend a church ceremony every now and then and maybe wear a crucifix around my neck during speeches. If I were for some odd reason to be the ruler of a Muslim country I would publicly present myself as a devout Muslim, I would make a trip to Mecca and make sure all the cameras were there to see what a good Muslim I was and snap pictures of me kissing the ground and rocking back n' forth reading the Qur'an for PR, to appease the people.     Many leaders publicly claim or pretend to be religious for this very reason. Religion is a tool and any great leader recognizes that and utilizes it. Religion is a tool used to manipulate the masses, it can be used to manipulate the masses in a bad way, or in a good way. If I were Hitler and wanted to rouse the people into fighting a war against for instance..the Soviet Union, I would make up a bunch of neat little posters about how the Soviet Union is the enemy of Christianity and with a picture of Soviet troops breaking a crucifix in half and the people would be all gung ho to go off on a holy crusade. Religion as the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger put it.....Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.    As for Adolf Hitler himself truly being Catholic or just fronting as one to appease the masses I don't know maybe he really was a believer but I doubt it. But I don't really care either. Hitler was Hitler and he's dead.