no-one should get off on a technicality if the illegally captured info is actually true and correct, it should be used and the person who did the wrongful capture should be seriously penalised in some way.

of course it was bad interpretation. "Survival of the fittest" and "selective breeding" are not eugenics (which was a popular idea in the US and other places before hitler). Darwinism, as you want to call it as a derogatory term, does not say anywhere that you exterminate a particular population. Hitler supporters want to call it Darwinism rather than the antisemitic genocide that it was. Your view of darwinism is about as credible as creationism.

yes, but hitler and his immediate circle were catholics and Nazi were the minority. Martin Luther was catholic until he broke away so he still had the antisemitic training from his upbringing

you need to read things like this then. http://www.iushorizon.com/1311...

the clue is in the name " theoretical physics."

sounds a good explanation to me

it had nothing to do with science but it mis-interpreted "survival of the fittest" quite badly. All jews were to be exterminated in nazi ideals because they were jews, there is no way of getting away from that, mind you they didn't like gypsys much either

That should be Catholics, and the Catholics have a long history of being antisemitic which they are slowly trying to change and its not just Germany. Nationalism is nasty in all countries being its teaches you to mistrust all others who are not like you, a bit like a lessor nazi ideal. Hitler was a cetainly a Catholic based Demagoge, and a despote, ofc, all the nazi uniforms had "God with us" on them so he thought he was doing Gods work

you equating "science" and "beliefs" make your comments null and void.

no wonder you are an AC. all your verbal diarrhea needs to be flushed away quickly

"Let's remember the Nazis were very Christian," - i'd be more specific and say "Catholics" and Catholics have a long long history of antisemitism "because they stuck jesus in the cross"

" thus often 'love your neighbour', usually defining 'neighbour' in the extensive way that Jesus offers in the Parable of the Good Samaritan." i think you'll find that sort of sentiment is thousands of years older than christianity. Don't fall into the error of conflating the horrors of Stalin and Mao as being done in the name of atheism, because they didn't, whereas a lot the horrors perpetrated by the religious are done in the name of religion

" A "Hard Atheist" may be just as religious and biggoted as any other kind of person devout to their beliefs." sounds you are really struggling for a profound and meaningful justification for not finally throwing out "faith" and getting off the fence

"Religion is a fundamental construct of western civilization. " - bollox, its a construct of the whole world's ignorance prior to science being able to explain things like thunder. You fell into the trap of thinking that the Abrahamic religions are the only ignorance belief systems, such arrogance

" Atheist, by virtue of the first premise, holds that the stories, anecdotes, and first-hand accounts of divine beings are wrong due to error or deception." almost agree with that but i'd add "self-deception" All the TV evangelists seem to proudly own the "deception" tag

"There are many facts that support possibilities of god" - no wonder you are an AC, that's embarrassing statement