My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter?

Hitler in his writings referred frequently to his Christian (Catholic) beliefs. His anti-Semitism may have had its roots in it, even though he himself had distant Jewish roots and was once deeply in love with a Jewish lady.

The grammatical question remains unsolved:

Does "My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter" refer to "My feeling (that I am a Christian) leads me to realize that my Lord and Savior is a fighter"?

Hitler in his writings referred frequently to his Christian (Catholic) beliefs. His anti-Semitism may have had its roots in it, even though he himself had distant Jewish roots and was once deeply in love with a Jewish lady.

2) I think that the "as a Christian" works as a parenthetical aside. The implication is that any Christian would feel the same.

Three things...

1) This is almost certainly translated to English from German... meaning that grammatical nuance is probably meaningless.

2) I think that the "as a Christian" works as a parenthetical aside. The implication is that any Christian would feel the same.

3) Hitler was a propagandist and a politician (as well as being one of the most evil men in history). Anything that he says about religion should be taken with a grain of salt. He was saying what he said to get people to follow him (not because he actually believe it).

The (full) translation would be: "... points in my fight to my Lord and Saviour as fighter."
I don't know, why "my fight" has been left out in the translation and the article "a" has been added.

"My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter." Does "My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter" refer to "My feeling (that I am a Christian) leads me to realize that my Lord and Savior is a fighter"?

I think more than one thing is being suggested here, Oris. (1) My Lord was (is) a fighter, and therefore (2) I should also be.

Being a Christian inspires him to emulate Christ. This "points the way" for him to be a fighter too. If he were not a Christian then he wouldn't bother examining what Christ did, so being a Christian leads him to see that Christ is a fighter.

But, to answer your question directly, yeah, "as" means "is," as it pertains to Christ. It also dictates in what form he will approach the teachings of Christ. He is pointed to them "as" (in the form of) a fighter

You can suggest a lot, but since the (translated) quote refers to Hitler's speech, it is not what he said.

..as a Christian I have also a duty to my own people

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"My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter." Does "My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter" refer to "My feeling (that I am a Christian) leads me to realize that my Lord and Savior is a fighter"?

I think more than one thing is being suggested here, Oris. (1) My Lord was (is) a fighter, and therefore (2) I should also be.

Being a Christian inspires him to emulate Christ. This "points the way" for him to be a fighter too. If he were not a Christian then he wouldn't bother examining what Christ did, so being a Christian leads him to see that Christ is a fighter.

But, to answer your question directly, yeah, "as" means "is," as it pertains to Christ. It also dictates in what form he will approach the teachings of Christ. He is pointed to them "as" (in the form of) a fighter

layman wrote:

I think more than one thing is being suggested here, Oris. (1) My Lord was (is) a fighter, and therefore (2) I should also be.

Being a Christian inspires him to emulate Christ. This "points the way" for him to be a fighter too. If he were not a Christian then he wouldn't bother examining what Christ did, so being a Christian leads him to see that Christ is a fighter.

But, to answer your question directly, yeah, "as" means "is," as it pertains to Christ. It also dictates in what form he will approach the teachings of Christ. He is pointed to them "as" (in the form of) a fighter

You can suggest a lot, but since the (translated) quote refers to Hitler's speech, it is not what he said. He explained it in the following sentences (following to the above quoted sentence):
"Es weist mich hin auf den Mann, der einst einsam, nur von wenigen Anhängern umgeben, diese Juden erkannte und zum Kampf gegen sie aufrief, und der, wahrhaftiger Gott, nicht der Größte war als Dulder, sondern der Größte als Streiter: In grenzenloser Liebe lese ich als Christ und Mensch die Stelle durch, die uns verkündet, wie der Herr sich endlich aufraffte und zur Peitsche griff, um die Wucherer, das Nattern- und Otterngezücht, hinauszutreiben aus dem Tempel." (Summary: he refers to Jesus as a fighter against the Jews. And nearly verbatim quotes Luther with the temple episode.

Hitler wrote in the "Connewitzer Gemeindebote" (Evangelical Monthly News for the Connewitz) that the temple episode was the most he liked about what Luther wrote anf that it was he favourite part of the New Testament - this was published on "Jews Sunday" 1934, 10th Sunday after Trinitas). [Source: Connewitzer Gemeindebote, Nr. 2, 1934, Evangelisch-lutherisches Monatsblatt (Sammlung Funke) ]