Gott mit uns?

Question

In WW1 the British had "Dieu et Mon Droit" (For God and my right) on their belt buckles. The Germans had "Gott mit uns" (God's with us). On behalf of their God they then went on to butcher each other. Total casualties; British 3 million, Germans 7 million. Between 1969 and 2001 3,500 people were killed in Northern Ireland. Why? Because of a centuries old conflict; Martin Luther didnt like papism, Henry 8th wanted to shag around and because William of Orange wanted Ireland for England. Greed avarice and lust... Then there's David Koresh, the Rev Jim Jones, The Children of God with their paedophiles...im just waiting for Tom Cruise to go apeshit as the messiah of the Church of Scientology. Thats just the Christians! We've got Shiites murdering Sunnis which has been going on since a power struggle over Mo's succession in 680 (without any help from us), Al-Qaeda with their old Jihad and that, Aum Shinrikyo with their Sarin (and nukes apparently!). So i suppose my question is "WTF??!"

Answer 1

Humans are inherently evil. You ever read "Lord of the Flies" friend? We are going to kill and destroy and burn and rape and loot no matter what, and even in spite of the fact that there are doctrines out there that teach otherwise.

The people you name just used religion as a justification to carry out their awful plans, if they didn't come up with "Gott mit uns," it would be "remember the Alamo," or some other war cry.