(October 30, 2014 at 11:19 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: Religion is not the only way to get good people to do bad things but it arguably is the most effective way to do it.
Let's rather say, religion is the oldest way to get good people to do bad things. Religions are what we now call ideologies. And each ideology can change people into wild beasts if they fall for it.
The great murderers of the 20th century, Hitler and Stalin used, religious elements to bind theri followers to them. Hitler more openly, since he used christian phraseologies in his speeches, making them sound like sermons. But both advertised themselves as godlike beings.


