Reply #18: What fanatics do not see. [View All]

[myopic4141]

The problem with fanatics is that they do not see that they are fanatics. So righteous in their cause, they also do not see their own lack of faith in the core tenets of their own belief. Fanatics cannot see the hatred that resides within them. Hatred directed outward; but, derived from self loathing due to the lack of faith deep within them. A downward spiral of ever greater intensity as fanaticism leads to ever greater and greater misdeeds and malfeasance. Each easier to justify than the last. Stuck in a never ending loop of self destruction and destruction of all that surrounds them while totally oblivious to the perceptions of those viewing from without. Fear grows extending the paranoid perceptions towards others which leads to epic levels secrecy through the illusion that they are being misunderstood for they believe no one on the outside can understand their cause. Self delusion feeds on self delusion until the fanatic is no more. All that remains once the fanatic has departed is the devastation that has been wrought along the way. Only time will tell if paradise can return from the wasteland they have created in their wake. That is of course if it is not too late.