even the Spanish Republicans (in the Spanish Civil War) used hatred OF organized religion to motivate their soldiers to fight harder.

This is a very unfair representation of what the Republicans were doing, along with the International Brigades. They were fighting fascism when other nations in Europe were wallowing in complacency, and that fascism came wrapped in a Roman Catholic flag, borne by that daily communicant Francisco Franco, aided by similarly Roman Catholic fascists from outside his own country. What a shame you decided to put this gloss on the battles of those valiant and brave people.