I love when theists prove the points I make in my videos! "Yeah, but the intolerance and racism was godly!! And god loves you too!!! And he loved the people that he ordered slaughtered just as much!!!!!"

You know, it's a small thing, but I liked that the butchers were actually, explaining why they thought what they were doing was justified. I feel too often we forget that history's greatest villains are rarely cackling maniacs, devoted to suffering. But deluded people who have convinced themselves the ends justify the means

Hitler wasn’t even an atheist either.

I have legitimately never hated an animated character as much as I do the reporter from Special Investigation. Well done!

"To keep you is no benefit, to kill you is no loss" Damn man, I've found a new manthra

I dont know how you find time with all the constant nonstampcollecting you do to make such awesome vids! 5*s as usual.

Nearly 20 years ago, on the Star Trek message boards, there was an arch-conservative Catholic who was adamant about Intelligent Design. He also insisted that Hitler was an atheist and he committed his crime only because of the science of evolution. There is some evidence that Hitler disliked Christianity, but that doesn't mean that he was an atheist (or that if you want to be a good person, you have to be a creationist holy-roller.) The 19th century Australians didn't need the theory of evolution to brutally wipe out the Tasmanian Aborigines, and the ancient Spartans (who Hitler did admire) didn't need the theory of evolution to commit their own eugenics policy.

The ending and the way it all tied together was just great!

5:12 "I don't know, I wasn't really listening." Yep.

I am totally lost. Are some christians actually like this?

Hitler was actually a Christian. He also wasn't a vegetarian, as an unrelated aside.

I can't believe I haven't seen this video despite watching your channel for years.

Congrat's on finishing your Masters. I'm glad you're back. Looking forward to the follow-up to this terrific vid and many more.

I wonder how many people don't realize the sarcasm present in this series?

Thank you! Someone who feels my pain!

I love your Anchorman references in these "news" sketches. Absolutely awesome job, btw.

@muchconstipation You just love those words "depraved, abominable, vile, pervert, etc." I have found that the people who use these words as often as you are almost always projecting. BTW, have you accepted me as your Lord and Savior yet?

fox news anyone?

Genius. Sadly all too true regarding how much he didn't listen and then carried on with the fundie rhetoric. I reckon that every complaint you get from the right wing of each religion/philosophy (I know, no real difference) is because you hit a sore spot! Well done!

Haven't got results back yet Andrew! But just living under the illusion that it is all over is enough to tie me over and let me at last make some vids. This and the next one have been kicking around for literally months.

Your videos are an extreme source of entertainment and insight for me. Keep up the good work!

Education. I teach English language in a few universities here in Japan.

4:31, is where it hits, but watch the bits before it, too! As the Description says: 'Stick With It!' :)

When I think of all the harm the Bible has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it’ - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish author

you hit the nail on the head. That's why I make them. That's what I put the effort in for, hoping to contribute in exactly that way. Cheers! :)

“We are in the process of instituting a reign of terror on earth and there’s only one word that justifies that: the word of this or that God. In the name of a divine entity we can do whatever the hell we like.” Zabardast the Jinn, from the novel “Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-eight Nights” by Salman Rushdie, 2015

i love the intros to these "and that was one time that fashion curiosity definitely didn't kill the cat"

It is amazing, the number of times this very canard is presented with a straight face by the religionists, pious pundits, apologists et al. Just (2) days ago I interrupted a conversation on the misconceptions of this very topic, mainly because I am so tired of hearing people lying about something they do not want to know or understand. I am an atheist because I care about all living things, see the atrocities committed by those who inhibit free thought, censor speech, like these men & religion.

Hitler was such a big atheist that the German soldiers at the time wore belts that had "Gott mit uns" inscribed on it. Which means "God with us".

There is some truth to that, but that is not what happened. Stalin and Pol Pot tried to wipe out EVERY possible challenge to their power, whether secular or religious. Their reason for persecuting religion was the same as their reason for persecuting capitalists, other political movements, you name it. It was not about atheism, it was about maintaining his power.

@TheForthcoming1 OK, get yourself 17,000 subs, 5,000 video views per day, and try responding to every comment you get, particularly when so many of them are from people who can't think.

fantastic work ol' chap, quite looking forward to the next investigative report. the voice acting was mint as well, especially the ornery german lad, cheers from san diego

You say what i feel, but lack the words to express!

Kent and ray, thank you so much

You should have had the guy at the end say, "Goodnight, and God bless."

Dear NonStampCollector, Thank you so much and congratulations. This was a superb satire of the argument we hear from those True Believers who weren't in line when the almighty was distributing reason and rationality. (Hello, Celeste!) And, oh by the way, since you are a "Non Stamp Collector," by what authority do you presume to get your information? Hah! Very, very well done.

I know. They hardly touch on the subject of post-WWI changes in philosophy and art. They usually just say that nothing happened besides the Gilded Age and Great Depression as if those were the only things that happened in the interbellum of the 1920s and 30s.

1) Impulses travel through your nervous system and stimulate muscle cells to contract. 2) Your arm doesn't know anything.

No no, I didn't take it like that, but I know it's a whole lot of build up for .... well - more of a salient point than humor perhaps. I've got part two of this coming out soon (a few days?), then I'm going to get stuck into writing my Noah's Ark one which should be more like my popular ones. Cheers!

To answer your question, a striking similarity between all three dictators is that they did NOT start with a large base of popular support. Hitler was not initially taken seriously, Stalin rose to power not through popularity but through byzantine political machinations - as for Pol Pot, as I said even the old guard Communists in Camodia didn't take him seriously - it took a series of extraordinary historical accidents to get him to power. Obama was elected, a Senator first, then a President.

Yeah, it's a bit drawn out. Difficult to find the balance. Hope it was worth it, but like I say, I think this is more "necessary" than "funny" so either way.... whatever!

It was very enlightening. Didn't see where you were going with it till the end. bravo.

Thank you for this video! I'm glad you finally went through with it. Cant wait to see you in march. Cheers

well done :) and yes, I watched it all the way though! It should be quite clear to anyone that religion or nonreligion had nothing to do with what these men did. Neither should their religious non belief come into play. They did what they did for power and this can happen with anyone regardless.

No, they left in 1989. And said it was awful. The housing was terrible and tiny, food was scarce, etc. Same with my parents.

Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix: Chapter 11: pg 193 4 lines down: "... because some changes will be for the better, while others will come, in the fullness of time, to be recognised as errors of judgement. Meanwhile, some old habits will be retained, and rightly so, whereas others outmoded and outworn, must be abandoned." It's in that book in black and white. I suggest you read it.

God NonStampCollector, why do you have to be so fucking brilliant all the time?

i have read bill o'reilly book "to be a good parent" about 10-15 reasons one of which was "encourage spirituality" then he goes on to say "follow your spirituallity it will elad you" the first was exact text the 2nd was parafrasing

Glad that you're back for real, NSC. Also, this would all fit very well into a South Park episode. Fived and faved.

Actually very interesting, and certainly a necessary video; it's about time the whole "stalin/hitler/pot was an atheist" argument had a thorough debunking.

You're quite right. But i feel the weight of expectation on me now!

@NonStampCollector : Other Western-European countries have similar draconian laws, but none are nearly as extreme as Germany. The reason for this is the fact that most Germans absolutely loved Hitler because he'd made life so much better for them, unlike in other countries where Hitler was demonised. As such, after the war American officials enforced an intense an inhuman denazification policy to destroy the roots of Nazism and the current draconian laws are the offspring thereof.

LMAO "never mind the details" xD Very clever!

The interesting thing about this theist chestnut is that Stalin and Hitler treated religions differently. Stalin dynamited churches. Hitler was quite happy to see churches stand, he just asked that they put Nazi flags on the altars. And they did, overwhelmingly. Stalin later revived religions as a focus of patriotic sentiment during WWII as well.

@HeadsFullOfEyeballs It doesn't exist? It certainly does exist on youtube. Especially on my video "Hitler's Atheistic Regime", which I constantly get told by European viewers can't be seen in Germany and Austria (at least).

In the description: "Please note: this video is NOT about whether the German leader was or was not a Christian, atheist, Hindu, or Buddhist ... Please don't argue about whether or not A.Hhtlrr was, or was not, a Christian on this video." Oh, so naive, NSC! You've set the bar WAY too high for most YT viewers: it's the favourite topic in YT comments sections. They can't resist scratching at that old scab.

Do they not realize that even in his speeches, Hitler says things like "God's will be with us" or some things along those lines.

Hitler never met the pope in person, and the nazies were never more than luke warm toward the Catholic church, and often openly hostile towards it. Hitler was definitely more Lutheran than Catholic, but really, he always played for the gallery in those matters. If he was addressing Catholics, he was a Catholic (Engel was a Catholic). If he was addressing Protestants, he was a Protestant. When he held speeches in secular parts of Germany, he avoided religious talk altogether.

There IS, but being Japanese, she couldn't give a shit about atheism. Atheism means as much to the Japanese as 'snow' does to eskimos. She thinks I'm mental-- not to mention all the people who watch my videos, .. :)

Hitler 1933 speech in Berlin: "We were convinced that the people need and require this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic movement, and that not merely with a few theoretical declarations: we have stamped it out." All quotes thanks to Mark at word press.

Yeah I've got another ep ready to record.

That's exactly what I said, except instead of the symbol "=/=" I used "!=". I agree with you completely.

If they’re interviewing ghosts, can they just ask if god is real?

@awesomenize1 Where in the movie, or anywhere, did I use christianity as a scapegoat for what Hitler did? Please, sir, if you're going to argue in the comments section, at least stick to the video. It's like you haven't even watched it and are just arguing about something from inside your own mind. Watch the video again, read the description box, and stop making up rubbish.

You missed a big part of Hitler's motivation: Agricultural reform. See Ben Kiernan's _Blood & Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur._ Agricultural reform in some form or other is a shockingly common motivation in genocide. I'm oversimplifying, but it's near enough to see a common thread between your three interviewees.

NSC, I must say that I thouroughly enjoy your videos. I have become an instant fan. Please keep up the good work.

Economic equality: Yeah, everyone was equally poor, except the rich leaders! My parents and grandparents lived their, and they all say it was a terrible, awful place to live.

HA HA HA HA XD I was wondering where you were going with this! The ending, ah, beautiful

@NonStampCollector That's KZfaq being lazy, though, and not those countries censoring. I'm in Germany, and there are exactly two laws here relating specifically to speech about the war/nazis/the holocaust etc. (outside of general hate speech, which is illegal everywhere): One, you're not allowed to say (on tv/to a policeman) that the holocaust didn't happen. You ARE allowed to say you approve of it, or that Hitler was a swell guy, or that you'd like a fascist regime.

Haha. At first i thought it was quite a weird video for you NSC, but the punchline of it was the best :) Looking forward to part 2.

I am watching this whilst drunk and those changing blurry faces are fucking with my mind

For a better understanding of the evil that was the "National Socialist Workers Party of Germany" I recommend Leonard Peikoff's book "The Ominous Parallels"

And that is how theists overcome the lack of evidence for biblical assertions. Claiming that a belief in god, as opposed to evidence for god, is a source of moral rectitude. It's actually the classic meaning swap, where belief becomes fact, and inconvenient facts become mere beliefs.

2:00 This is the point where all believers should close their ears and go Lalala because it's apparent that a point is about to be made.

@NonStampCollector, awesomenize1 reminds me of Steven Wright who went to the video store and started asking if they had that movie with those actors and that thing that happens, then realizes he`s trying to rent one of his own dreams.

Remember Adafuns, anyone bringing up Hitler and the Nazi's as an argument - in any discussion - instantly loses the argument due to Godwin's Law :P

Loved the Anchorman reference :P

I wish more people were like you.

@Watergun4890 I don't know. I don't pretend to.

It will be.

@awesomenize1 Wow, what a good argument. You start by insinuating that the movie is trying to claim that religion will one day disappear, then you tell me that I worship the state. Nice going so far. Before I read on, tell me, which state do I worship?

I think it's telling that the recordings of Pol Pot and Stalin have them talking calmly, whereas Hitler is screaming...rather telling of his mental state. That said, all three were truly awful people.

As the Department of Homeland security officially states: ideologues are driven by a need to extend their own self-worth and delude themselves about the reality of death. Ideologies replace major portions of reality with a simpler, more intellectually-digestible version (i.e.worldview). Hence, all ideologies (e.g. racist, conspiracy-theory, extreme political, and esp. religious) end up being deleterious to humanity.

Brilliant!!!!! Non-Stamp Collector is back, and straight to number one with his new vid!!! I love these things. They cut all the bullshit right out of the picture and hammer the salient points home with merciless adeptness. Bravoooooo!!!

Such a ridiculously long set up for such a short punchline. Was well worth it.

5 stars for the water skiing squirrel!

@Kuhlfurst Exactly. As you said, he did it in the name of atheism. ALL of his evil acts were done in the name of atheism. That's all that matters. Once again, in case anyone missed it: Stalin did everything in the name of atheism. Atheism. Like what that Dawkins goes on about. Atheism.

Germania includes Austria and Luxenbourg(and to some extent Scandinavia and England). Modern Germany is a federation of 16 states(Nazi-Germany had another few like East Prussia, today Kaliningrad), so really there are 18 ones but 2 are not in the federation.

@SgtPepperEverton I think I pointed it out, didn't I? It's more like ignorant hypocrisy, but 'double standard' doesn't hurt as many feelings--they're sensitive about what I say about "God". No, it's just the fact that they have this "It's okay for me to do it, but when you do it, you're wrong."

Thanks for making this. I'm really glad you did. There are a lot of self-contained videos about important concepts that various atheists have made and I definitely count this among my library. Another example is TheraminTree's excellent video on the No True Scotsman fallacy: watch?v=_HJrAaGJudw

@Kuhlfurst Just messing with you man. Still in "Kent" character mode.

It's also quite possible to be against something and still not ban it because you know that banning it will be 100% unsuccessful and has unintended consequences besides!

This video isn't about whether Hitler was an atheist, it's just saying that Hitler's actions were not caused by atheism.

@pranays Arguably, Hitler didn't really follow many Catholic teachings, and you could say he just claimed to be a christian so as to appeal to his fellow Germans, who saw themselves as a christian nation. So, it is hardly justified arguing that the crimes he committed were somehow reconciled with his 'faith'.

Thanks RedFist! Take a bow, great help.

OK, which of the factual errors in the video would I have gotten right if I'd done that? And I'm glad you're preaching open-mindedness after what you said about how wise it was to talk to a "red".

Exodus 34:28. It says the terms listed there in that chapter are the Ten Commandments.

No, no; I totally get it. It makes perfect sense now. It's Sunday, i.e. the new Sabbath. Raising your arm mindlessly and for no reason is like exercise. Exercise is also known as "working out." Therefore, Watergun is doing work on the Sabbath. Watergun secretly wants us to kill him for blaspheming against god while under Satan's influence.

He wasn't dead back then, but maybe the reporter should interview Osama Bin Laden, I'm pretty sure he did everything in the name of atheism, as well.

"We need to drop group mentality." Easier said than done, and that assumes group mentality has no benefit, which it does. It allows us to identify and categorize quickly and relatively efficiently. Are there problems with that? Sure. Does it permit unrealistic prejudice to permeate? Certainly. However it DOES save us time in making judgment calls. Don't like it? Blame evolution. We are pattern seekers by selection.