Atheistic bloodthirstiness (by D. D'Souza)

[Dragonetti]

Hitler was probably not an atheist. He might not have been a Christian, but he did believe in a god of some sort.

Hmmm....

Anyone who dares to lay hands on the highest image of the Lord commits sacrilege against the benevolent creator of this miracle and contributes to the expulsion from paradise.

- Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf Vol. 2 Chapter 1

This would make him one shitty atheist.

Bible thumpers really try to distant themselves from Hitler.

[Minimalist]

Fucker makes it difficult for them....




Of course, if a xtian can con himself into believing the shit in his/her fucking bible I guess nothing is out of reach of their ability to deny reality.

[Dragonetti]

They use the false statement, that he used the religion, but did not believe.

He had backing of the Catholic Church. And, another point is Christians and Catholics are the same damn religion. They use the same fucking book.

[CapnAwesome]

As soon as someone attempts to lump Hitler as an Atheist they lose the argument. Nothing supports this frequent claim by some Theists. Nothing at all, not a single public statement, not a single private document. Hitler made frequent references to God in public speeches and in Mein Kampf. Hitler was a big fan of seances and astrology. Do you know a lot of Atheists who do that? It's an incredibly ignorant statement and just to say that instantly shows you don't know anything at all about the topic.

[Angrboda]

Point of history. The Holy See was the first sovereign nation to sign a treaty with Nazi Germany, guaranteeing the Catholic church certain rights, basically in exchange for its silence and enhanced government support.

On 29 March 1933 Cardinal Pacelli sent word to the German bishops to the effect that they must now change their position with regard to National Socialism. On 28 March 1933, the bishops themselves now took up a position favourable to Hitler. According to Falconi (1966) the about-turn came through the influence and instructions of the Vatican.

[Mister Agenda]

The last few decades would be starting with the eighties. Have communists really killed more people than Christians and Muslims combined in the last few decades? I seem to recall half a million Tutsis being killed by (mostly) Catholics, off the top of my head.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Oh, it's another fallacious argument that's been flogged to death?

[John V]

The great killer is neither religion nor atheism. It's science & technology. Kinda tough to really rack up the numbers with your bare hands.

[Minimalist]

Genghis Khan did not do so badly but your point is well-taken, for once. Marvelous indeed that the protestants and catholics did not have machine guns while they were squabbling about whether or not to read the fucking bible in Latin or French/English/Dutch/German, etc.

[pocaracas]

Most, if not all, conflicts are about territory... and, with it, resources and wealth.
Religion is just an excuse. A quite common excuse, but still, an excuse.

"guns" don't kill people,
People kill people.