Hitler was also privately an atheist by all accuonts and even attempted to create a new religion based around Wotan. Check out the sort of events that happened at Wewelsburg castle.
Would this work to make wars more humane and less often?
Wotan's a god. If Hitler believed in him, he wasn't an atheist.
The wars America are fighting do not have the citizen's support. They should end or we should say its for the oil and take it. This occupation with nebulous exit conditions is killing and maiming the flower of our youth.
The support is that we would rather a few hundred die there, than for a million to die here.
You know what part of debating I love to death?Hitler believed in himself ---- does that make him an atheist?
Hitler believed in himself ---- does that make him an atheist?
Actually atheists have killed more people in the past hundred years than Christians could ever dream of. From Stalin to Pol Pot to Mao Communism takes the cake when it comes to mass killing. For some reason they seem to like using starvation to kill, its an odd tangent.
And attacking a country who had not attacked us and gave no suggestion that they were going to do so, a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, accomplishes this how? And... "a few hundred..." might check your numbers again on that one. Last time I checked, several thousand US soliders and several HUNDRED thousand Iraqi civilians were dead from the Iraq conflict alone. By that reasoning, why not just attack, say, Mongolia? Can you prove that they AREN'T planning an attack on America? Wouldn't it be better just to lose a few hundred lives putting them in their place and destroying any military capacity they might have, than risk them attacking us here?
As to the OP... no, I don't think denying religious soldiers weapon is a good idea. Like any gun control initiative, it sounds nice in theory (as does eliminating guns entirely), but in practice it would just lead to the "bad guys" being the only ones holding weapons (religious zealots in other countries, not to mention those "believers" in our own military who were willing to lie to get a gun.)
Is the implication here that atheists attempting to be rid of religion was NOT a product of its time?
Also, yes, the fact the Inquisition was used against other Christians clearly makes it much less insane than it being used against non Christians!
Really now? He certainly claimed to be christian often enough.
Just because somethings are worth fighting for, that doesn't mean that fighting must take place. The point of discussion is to find constructive solutions.
eudaimonia,
Mark
Wotan's a god. If Hitler believed in him, he wasn't an atheist.
Not my point. When have soldiers ever declared war? It is politicians, usually with support from the citizenry in democratic nations, that start wars.
war is hardly the choice of those sent out to conduct them.
And they were completely free of societal influences,
I can never get my head around this sort of thinking.
Yes, it is politicians who declare war, but I can not for the life of me understand how someone can say soldiers aren't to blame for wars. If it wasn't for the millions of men and women around the world who willingly sign up to become trained killers, there would be no one to fight for the politicians. The sooner the general public (in every country) wake up and realise being a soldier is NOT an acceptable job the better.
No soldiers No wars!
And the rest of my post was totally irrelevant, yes?
Yes because all soldiers chose their profession.
and they are able to become soldiers without any of the continuous government money put into the military.
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