(August 3, 2015 at 8:51 pm)Atheist_BG Wrote:Quote:Does religion make armies stronger?No. It makes them weaker. Religious soldiers don't think, they just do things. Religious soldiers will die to impress a non-existing creature thus weakening the strength of the entire army.
This is precisely why it gets stronger - They don't think and just obey, live slaves. There's no difficulty in sacrificing lives for the cause.
In my opinion, any greater cause people believe in, whether it's a religion or a noble or evil ideology, can work as a motivating factor for armies. Anything can, really. If my soldiers feel horny and I tell them they can rape everyone after winning the war (and they are evil or indifferent enough to rape a bunch of people) they'll get motivated.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you