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Originally Posted by guy44
Hitler, for example, was non-religious.
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That is highly ambiguous.
He useds "gods will" in numerous speeches and also in his book "mein kampf":
"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord."
He sometimes ended his speeches with "amen", he believed that he was send by God and that he was the defender of "christian traditions". He made Christian school prayer mandatory for schoolchildren.
It is of course not 100% clear if he really believed of if he just used god as a propaganda instrument. You can't tell for sure whether he was an atheist or a believer.
http://www.creationtheory.org/Morality/Hitler.shtml
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"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death
— Albert Einstein
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