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Originally Posted by T@T
I'm not saying the Tamils were driven by religion but they weren't atheists either,95% were probably Hindus and I remember a story that there leader was thought to have converted from a Hindu to a Christian. (no idea if true)
As for the Japanese as they became more desperate the leaders convinced the pilots that being a kamikaze would be rewarded in the afterlife. Because they didn't use the words God or Muhammad doesn't mean there wasn't a form of religion for their acts.
Fact is most (not all) of these type of attacks nowdays come from religious extremists
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I honestly think that your argument is a little thin here. Look at the Tamils manifesto. Unless your arguing that Marx and Lenin were god heads that promised a religious reward, the tiger's had nothing to do with religion or war.
The Kamikaze pilots weren't driven by a promise of afterlife, they were driven by the Bushodo (sp?) code which embraced seppuku which enhanced their honor on this plane of existance.