[Serious] Good vs Evil

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Germany actually had 'absolute' standards in the 20's and 30's. Like 'Deutschland Ueber Alles' or good-old 'Gott mit Uns' (God is with us). Moreover, all totalitarian countries tend to have a set of very strict 'absolute' standards, often backed up with Religion.

I see you are not familiar with positive christianity.

It was a move by the state to regulate the 'absolute standards of god.' to loosen the rules and allow the people to not only accept the final solution but to demand it.
In essence positive christianity was a break from the absolute standards of god (not based on the apstole's creed nor has any outside church influence)and a new standard based on german righteousness was superseded in the church the rest of the world knew.. When the germans stated  'Gott mit Uns' they referred to the father of positive christianity which was not the God of the bible but the chancoller himself. As According to mein kampf Religion was a tool that was to be used for a time which was to be replaced by state law and regulation.

The german people where slowly weaned off of God and the bible and set on a diet of their own self righteousness. The problem with self righteousness is there is no unity everyone is at a different level of evil and society breaks down because of it. for even if the majority are good with killing off a segment of the population, not everyone is and this sows discord into the community at large, when the opposition comes with absolute standards, it comes on a unified front.

If the Ten Commandments are the absolutes you mean then they are not so absolute, too. Per say, the most strict taboo placed upon murder is so omni-present only because it's generally agreed that living without a threat of sudden deadly attack is much better for the most people and because the consequences of murder are irreversible.

No the 10 commandments are not absolutes unless you are one of the unsaved.

And yet there are exceptions to this taboo. The most prominent one is of course War. More often then not even a strictly offensive war is a'ok with the Religion. Just look into a history book or watch the news from the Middle East. Under certain conditions even peace-time murder is encouraged by the Religion - see stoning people to death for things that are not even crimes by today's standards. So the commandments are relative even within borders of a single faith. They have too much fine print under them.

you do understand there is a difference between murder and killing right?

To murder is a sanctioned taking of human life. To take a human life in of itself finds no prohibition in the bible. as you pointed out there are clear examples of it. however where the sin comes in is not simply taking life but the unauthorized or unsanctioned taking of human life. One can not go out on his own and start taking life based on his or her own self righteousness.

The only difference of the 'Positive' Christianity is that you consider it false. While many Germans at that point in time did not. Also it's known fact that Vatican supported another dictator, Mussoulini.

Speaking of sanctioned taking of human life... on the one hand having a divine ban on murder seems good. On the other hand, dealing with lunatics that go into homicidal mode on a flip of a switch does not   As for the sins and heresies, those concepts easily bend to the will of manipulative leaders.