[brazzaville]

Good afternoon.

Fortunately, no one but me has to live by my rules. History is bloody with examples of what people who believe themselves to be followers of Truth will do to force others to live by that Truth.

I don't generally assign individual faults or crimes to groups. I use the term "True believer" to describe people who believe they are morally and intellectually superior to others. Actually, that's not true. I do tend to paint liberal democrats with a wide brush. The willingness to coerce others into following their rules seems to be common among liberal democrats.

I would use the word evil instead of the name Satan, but I would agree that it takes on all shapes and personalities.

Michael Frazier

[inquest]

History is bloody with examples of what people who believe themselves to be followers of Truth will do to force others to live by that Truth.

You're missing the other side of the coin. Much of the bloodiness you refer to was also at the hands of people who had too little faith to do anything about it. And a lot of bloodiness was stopped by people with strong, what you would probably call "fanatical" faith.

It's not strong belief that's the problem in itself, but belief in the wrong things, whether a weak or strong belief.