Attrocities committed in the name of religion

[Twizzle]

Originally Posted by The Irreverent Mr Black

May as well say that because one ginger-haired man does something we disapprove of, all gingers are tainted by his action. There is no connection apart from a fallacious and highly bigoted form of grouping for discrimination purposes.

No ginger-haired Forum Admins were harmed during the making of t

Everybody knows that gingers have no soul

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

You mean n****** right?
I put the stars in there in an attempt to confuse the parents who use nanny filters...

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

I presume his logic probe is showing either faulty/invalid logic signal or Hi-Z connection.

[Brian-M]

Originally Posted by Crocodile

And they mention Hitler and Stalin as their arguments quite a lot.

I'm constantly amazed they keep accusing Hitler of atheism in spite of all the evidence to the contrary. For example, the official Nazi motto was "Gott Mituns" (Meaning: "God With Us"). His religious views were very public.

"I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so."
- Hitler, 1941

"We were convinced that the people need and require this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic movement, and that not merely with a few theoretical declarations: we have stamped it out."
- Hitler, 1933

"I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator."
- Hitler, Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 2

"Even today I am not ashamed to say that, overpowered by stormy enthusiasm, I fell down on my knees and thanked Heaven from an overflowing heart for granting me the good fortune of being permitted to live at this time."
- Hitler, Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 5

"What we have to fight for is the necessary security for the existence and increase of our race and people, the subsistence of its children and the maintenance of our racial stock unmixed, the freedom and independence of the Fatherland; so that our people may be enabled to fulfill the mission assigned to it by the Creator."
- Hitler, Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 8

"I believe today that I am acting in the sense of the Almighty Creator. By warding off the Jews I am fighting for the Lord's work."
- Hitler, 1936

"The fact that the Vatican is concluding a treaty with the new Germany means the acknowledgment of the National Socialist state by the Catholic Church. This treaty shows the whole world clearly and unequivocally that the assertion that National Socialism is hostile to religion is a lie."
- Hitler, 1933

[Brian-M]

Originally Posted by wearestardust

1. Stalin and Hitler - religion.

Yes Stalin was in the seminary. Hitler was a Catholic, but I suspect he was Catholic like I was. Despite "Got Mit Uns" on the Heer belt buckle (actually it originated with the coat of Arms of the Frederick I of Prussia from his elevation to being an Elector) and mentions of the divine, I think we can safely say that for practical terms Hitler was pretty much an atheist. Himmler, though, of course was a committed supernaturalist, among other things trying to build a castle which would effectively operate as an SS temple of various esoteric nonsenses.

I seem to have failed to notice there was more than one page to this thread before posting.

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

@Brian-M: The quotes may just have saved your soul.