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There's a different claim that's sometimes made that sounds like what people have been talking about in this thread, but is a bit less crazy. I mean, anyone who has spent time with 'unbelievers' knows that they can be good people, even better people than some Christians. But some want to make the claim that, if there are such things as ethical truths, then they require something like God to make them true.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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