Jacob, the problem with this view is it naturally leads one to the conclusion that religion is at one end of the spectrum, while a bland kind of neutrality is at the other. It is a fallacy to assume that removing religion from the life experience of a nation is a neutral act. It is far from neutral.
As I've said in a previous post; in human history, the most savage conquerors performed their acts with little reference to religion or God. Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Attila The Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Tito, Kim Il-sun, and Nicholas II. None of these rulers made serious attempts to impose faith on their victims.
Looking at your logic from the other angle. Did the fact that none of these people invoke the name of God while performing their acts of massacre, cause them to act this way? |
