I think that similarities can be drawn between the Nazi Regime and Modern Day Catholicism but they also vary vastly. Religion is an institution with far different control a totalitarian government. The people of Germany had no choice whether or not to follow the Nazi regime but becoming a Catholic is a choice for people.
Hitler instructed his followers to judge other people differently based on religion or ethnicity. Catholicism has some long-standing opinions towards certain things including homosexuality and other beliefs of the divine and my not condone certain things and look to "convert" oppose to accept but its a religion and theres no reason for a religion to change its beliefs for something that its doctrine disagrees with.
A government should be doing this because it is supposed to change under the opinions of the people it governs; many say that government is an organic thing that is never completely set or never should be done changing.
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You bring up a very interesting point. Religions generally do not change their standpoints on certain issues, while the best governments do. Catholicism is certainly a choice and is not required, while Hitler's regime was. Goldhagen's points do make logical sense, but they might not be completely relevant, a fact that could easily be used in an essay on critical thinking.
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