The separate divine creation of the races was fundamental to Hitler's worldview. This is fun to point out when people start talking about how evolution=Hitler.
elevating your race above others seems to be a common and necessary step before genocide is possible.
for me it's honestly the biggest deciding factor about which side is "right" in ambiguous conflicts...is one ranting about being a superior race with divine rights? Yeah, that's the side willingly committing war crimes, without a doubt.
Yeah, except the "founding fathers" were deists at best. Jefferson and Franklin where definitely not christians. That is probably why Texas is trying to erase them from the history books.