[AmusedBystander]

Because it's right.

What makes it right? If the "authority figure" is God, then yes.

[ThinkDifferent]

What makes it right?

The determination that it will make the world better (or at least not worse).

If the "authority figure" is God, then yes.

So the only difference between you and the Islamofascists is the specific book which you assert contains God's instructions? I don't believe that.