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Originally Posted by DAMNMAN
Yes, the powers that be used this concept to their advantage during WWII and this current middle east conflict..
kamikaze pilots and suicide bombers have religion in common. (not the same one, but they are enslaved to delusional thought processes. religion.)
Bad people do bad things.
Good people do good things.
With religion you can get good people to do bad things.
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Thats not true. You don't need religion to do bad things. You need a common enemy of the group. You need to use the concept of "pure evil" to position "them" as "evil" and the "we" as "righteous". Religion is one way of doing that. Hitler did not invoke the name of God to unite a nation against the world and to commit genocide.
Additionally, Kamizaze pilots brought into being by the resurrection and use of Bulshido, not religion.
And by the way... the fighting itself is also basically a religious experience. People bind into groups. People unite behind common beliefs. People unite against an enemy. People start to believe in their "righteous" cause. People start to believe in the "evil" of the enemy. People sacrifice themselves for others. People transcend beyond the "me" and start seeing only the "we" and "us" and act in the interest of the group, for a higher cause and purpose.