Quote Originally Posted by eggrole1
You will find it in Mein Kampf: "Therefore, I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Creator. By fighting off the Jews, I am doing the Lord's Work."

Hitler said it again at a Nazi Christmas celebration in 1926: "Christ was the greatest early fighter in the battle against the world enemy, the Jews ... The work that Christ started but could not finish, I -- Adolf Hitler -- will conclude."
That, in itself, shows that Hitler either did not follow, or disregarded, the words of the Bible:

"I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." (Genesis 12:1-3)

Sorry for having to bring scripture into the discussion, but it proves my point perfectly that Hitler was a far cry from doing the work of God. Unless he was stating that his carrying out persecution and murder of the Jews was fulfilling prophecy of the Creator. Which, in that case, he'd have been right. But the actual act of persecution is not the work of the Lord.

Quote Originally Posted by eggrole1
I also don't really understand this people are inherently bad stuff either. Christianity seems to love to say we are all bad until we accept god. What reasoning is there to assume man is inherently evil? I mean every person I know who is religious or not have the same feelings on not killing someone. I mean, are you just not killing people b/c the bible says so? If the bible were just erased from history, you'd be killing people because there was nothing that said you shouldn't?
I never said that people are inherently bad, I said that people have a natural inclination to become bad. It seems to be hardwired in the human psyche, where "survival of the fittest" leads us to extremes in hopes of bettering ourselves only, and through whatever means necessary. Whether they're religious people or not. Outside influences, be they perceived spiritually or the work of man, can corrupt the morals of anyone, and generally do. I'm also not basing the morals of everyone on the Commandments of the Bible. That's just what I base my morals on, but different people have different ideas of what's right and wrong. And from the time I learned right from wrong, I knew it was not right to take a human life. The Bible only reiterated this for me. So even if I did not have the Bible, I'd still know it would be wrong to kill, lie, steal, etc. You have to bear in mind, I was very agnostic for most of the years of my life. Even then, without having much knowledge of the Bible, I still acted the same as I do today and held the same morals.

I'm glad you recognize that most wars aren't in fact fought over religion, but rather fought for land-grabs and control over money/resources. The fact that some countries are perceived as religious often times has nothing to do with the reasons for going to war.