There’s a distinct difference between ‘zeal’ and ‘fanaticism’, whatever your religious or political persuasion. Even in support of the ‘Truth’ (itself an inherently subjective term) if your ‘zeal’ extends to assaulting everyone who doesn’t share your precise beliefs, you’re either following a false ‘Truth’ or you’ve left its path.
If you’re defining the behaviour of these animals as ‘zeal’, generic or otherwise, then this IS the problem, just as much as or more than ‘falsehood’. It’s not whether their beliefs are or aren’t ‘true’ that’s the issue here. It’s how they’re choosing to express them, and who (in this case an 8 year old girl) they’re choosing to express them to.
As a fellow Catholic, I passionately disagree, for example, with abortion. I may personally be in no doubt that my beliefs here equate to the ‘Truth.’ However, if I then elect to express such opinions by screaming insults and threats at some young girl who I believe has had, or may be considering having, an abortion, I’m not only failing to further my opinions effectively. I’ve left the path of ‘Truth’ and am misrepresenting and contradicting it.
Very well spoken (presented)..
As a fellow Catholic, I passionately disagree, for example, with abortion. I may personally be in no doubt that my beliefs here equate to the ‘Truth.’ However, if I then elect to express such opinions by screaming insults and threats at some young girl who I believe has had, or may be considering having, an abortion, I’m not only failing to further my opinions effectively. I’ve left the path of ‘Truth’ and am misrepresenting and contradicting it.
Leaving the path of truth is always wrong, regardless of the zeal with which it is done. Again, error is the problem, not zeal.
It's only subjective if one starts from a human perspective. It one bases truth on God's revelation, general or special, it's the only objective thing there is.