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Re: Perils of Religion Continued
Even the Nazi's tried to claim god was with them as an incentive for the masses to collude with the evil goals of their odious regime.
Here is an SS belt buckle proclaiming exactly that
No.. sometimes you can just invoke ideology. It is not religion that gets good people to do bad things.
it is ideology. When it comes to how religion is used by the powers that be, it is just another ideology. The ideology can be theistic or non-theistic in nature. I find that claim that it takes religion to inspire good people to do bad things to be incorrect.
Even the Nazi's tried to claim god was with them as an incentive for the masses to collude with the evil goals of their odious regime.
Here is an SS belt buckle proclaiming exactly that