 "The most persuasive explanation of these statements", wrote Laurence Rees,

Positive Christianity was highly supported by the Nazi movement, which promoted its ideals in its journals "Der Stürmer" and "Völkischer Beobachter", both of which stressed the "Nordic" character of Jesus.However, the party was careful to stress that positive Christianity was not intended to be a third confession, nor to contradict the traditional theologies of established churches.As early as 1920 the Nazis proclaimed in their 25-point program that the "Party as such advocates the standpoint of a positive Christianity without binding itself confessionally to any one denomination.