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Originally Posted by Pornwolf
I don't think you can lump them into a 'stupid' category. A lot of very intelligent people are fanatics. The only thing is I think the issue becomes one of security or lack thereof. These people need to feel they have something in store for them that makes their life meaningful. They are not secure enough in their own skin to believe they have everything they need for life.
The less secure a person is, the more necessary it is for them to find that thing that gives them that feeling of security. Hence, you have the most fucked up people preaching and being absolute fanatics.
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I believe this is true. I also think what latinasojourn said is truthful, because religious fanatics shut themselves off to education. They reject science, they reject sociology and psychology, they reject personal accountability... and they put "faith in God" in their places. So if you ever talk to an extremely religious person about any of these things, let's take personal accountability for example... they'll blame their relationship problems on "I guess that's the way God wants it to be". Instead of "I made a mistake, I should learn from my mystakes and move on". If they key someone's car, they say it was "what God wanted them to do". If they kill people, it's the same thing.
So religious people remove all rational logic, and put "God" in it's place.
That is absolutely ignorant.