If its separation of church/state, you swear to tell the truth whole truth help you god? on a bible? in court?

Because they think they are doing God's work but they are wrong.

Because the big money interests want every dollar that you have and one way of getting it is your Social Security. And if you complain they'll tell you that instead, you'll get a reward when you're dead. "Religion helps to keep the common people quiet" - Napoleon Bonaparte.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.