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Hitler might be an atheist, but the National Socialist movement was not formally atheist, and allowed religious observance [1]. Once in office however, Hitler then pursued a policy of suppression of denominational schools and church youth organizations[2]. Richard Overy wrote that Christianity was ultimately as incompatible with National Socialism as it was with Soviet Communism and that "Hitler expected the end of the disease of Christianity to come about by itself once the falsehoods were self-evident. During the war he reflected that in the long run 'National Socialism and religion will no longer be able to exist together'."[3].
[1]Richard Overy; The Dictators Hitler's Germany Stalin's Russia; Allen Lane/Penguin; 2004.p278
[2]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1753469.stm
[3]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1753469.stm

Hitler was irreligious and anti-clerical, and developed Nazism maybe incompatible with religion. If Jordan eterson would have just said that , I would have agreed with him on that. But that is not only what he says, he often claims that the atrocities of Nazi Germany came out of a loss of belief in God. Which simply isn't true.

In Hitler's early political statements, he attempted to express himself to the German public as a Christian.[4] In his book Mein Kampf and in public speeches prior to and in the early years of his rule, he described himself as a Christian.[5][6]. Hitler viewed the church as an important politically conservative influence on society,[7] and he adopted a strategic relationship with it that "suited his immediate political purposes".[8]

[4] - John S. Conway. Review of Steigmann-Gall, Richard, The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919–1945. H-German, H-Net Reviews. June, 2003
[5] - Norman H. Baynes, ed. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1939, Vol. 1 of 2, pp. 19–20, Oxford University Press, 1942
[6] - Hitler, Adolf (1999). Mein Kampf. Ralph Mannheim, ed., New York: Mariner Books, pp. 65, 119, 152, 161, 214, 375, 383, 403, 436, 562, 565, 622, 632–633.
[7] - Speer, Albert (1971) [1969]. Inside the Third Reich. New York: Avon. ISBN 978-0-380-00071-5. p.141
[8] - Conway, John S. (1968). The Nazi Persecution of the Churches 1933–45. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-76315-4. p.3

So, Jordan Peterson's claims that Nazism was a result of Atheism is stupidly wrong.