Comments on: MythBusters: Without Religion there would be no War

By: CMA

CMA — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:04:15 +0000

Um, World War II was about the economic sanctions against Germany and the absolute humiliation they suffered at the end of World War I, which fed into an uber-nationalist society that was determined to climb back to the top of Europe. “Third Reich” was a reference to recreating the Roman Empire. It was economics and imperialism. Religion was just a convenient scapegoat.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:05:14 +0000

how was wwII not started by religion your a fucking dumb ass

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:38:14 +0000

World War II wasn’t motivated by religion?! Hilarious!

By: Junior Cheltenham

Junior Cheltenham — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:28:05 +0000

Oh the solution to our world is “ACTUAL democracy”
where one mans vote actually counts AS ONE VOTE, whether he be the guy that declares the decisions made (prime minister) or a guy working in McDonalds.
I dont understand if a higher percentage of people have the internet then turned up for the last election, why dont we all just get to vote online on ALL matters?
Isnt that what democracy is?
Slavery never dissapeared, it just worked out that rather than get black people, it could get ALL people under the guise of “Democracy and taxation” 6billion people not realising 100 people are in control, loll, ridiculous.

By: Junior Cheltenham

Junior Cheltenham — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:22:21 +0000

Anything that creates the idea that you and me are different is WRONG.
Blood transfusions dont care what religion you are.
God does NOT EXIST.
Nationalism and Religion are what the people with ALL THE GOLD want you to believe are important so that you dont mind killing another man to fund the “war machine”.
Wake up… War = More military budget = more money borrowed from the BANKS = more tax paid = Richer rich people and dead poor people.
“God” is a 100dollar bill with a nice 10% profit for the guys that print them.

By: Jordan Yo

Jordan Yo — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:13:23 +0000

Well THE most important error in this I noticed is that the mention of World War 2 in this topic as a non-religious war is absolutely ridiculous. The entire war started out as Adolf Hitlers conquest to eradicate the Jewish people from the world. He did this BECAUSE of their religion, not because of anything else. He even called it the “Final Solution”, saying that getting rid of them would solve all of the worlds problems. Saying that it was a non-religious war is absolutely ignorant and moronic. Learn historical facts before you say something so stupid like that.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:21:07 +0000

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A lot more than Puritans came to America due to religious persecution in their home countries. The reason America is so great is because of beliefs such as “man is endowed by his Creator with certain inalienable rights..” Some of those rights have taken many years to come to fruition because of man’s prejudices, etc.–but the basic concept comes from the belief in a Creator. I do not think America would be “better” without religon—it might look more like North Korea as a result.

By: Ubi Dubium

Ubi Dubium — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:31:39 +0000

Yes, the Puritans came here so that, instead of being the persecuted minority, they could be be the majority and be free to be intolerant themselves. The American continent might look different without religion. In this case, “different” might mean “better”.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:44:27 +0000

Well im not a big fan of religion, but aren’t some of the reasons that people came to America were because of religious intolerance in their home country? Therefore, without religion, the American continent could look a lot different.

By: leroy brown

leroy brown — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:40:00 +0000

im not an athist but i do belive that reglion does or is the cause of most wars