I have pondered that one for many years. Paralysing fear, confusion and insecurity play large parts I think. The leaders all know better, but they milk it for all it is worth.
Very like sports. You want to be the sports star. Or you are cheering for your team's stars.
You are the sportsman running track and field in your peoples' stadium, you are seeing signs of your peoples' God and your peoples' faith. You're not thinking that might not be the real only God. You're thinking that is our God and God is Good!
Even though there is only one God and that God is everywhere, in theory.
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.