Why do i keep religious extremist people(to be truthful, a**-***es) in my friend list? First you need to understand what Turns Ordinary People Into Religious Extremists? 1. sense of absolutism They have a distorted, nonconstructive and irrational thought that the truth, moral or aesthetic values are absolute, universal, set and unchangeable 2. sense of righteousness They usually think that they know the truth and no one else does. Their truth is very limited and based on outdated, contaminated and one-sided information. They usually dont even have enough knowledge about their own religion and only know the surface part 3. confirmation bias This is where one only brings in information that fits his thought process and dismisses anything else. Any other information, no matter how historically, scientifically and logically valid, will be disregarded. 4. sense of knowing an ultimate meaning They have a sense of a black and white thinking where the white is a limited definition of how life should be for all of us. There is no flexibility, no adaptability and no objectivity. You are either into this small and specific white zone or you are the other. 5. dehumanize whoever does not fit their view They put other peoples views inferior to theirs and dehumanize people whose views do not fit theirs. This gives them a sense that they have the right to kill, harm and destroy others. They also do the same to out-groups. 6. idealize historic figures or stories Such people usually idealize some figures in their belief system and stories attached to the past and want to fit the present and the future into that idealization. 7. have an utter certainty that they are right The objective mind of a rational person knows that at any time, there are so many things he does not know. But an extremist does not have such view and holds a distorted thought that he knows all the answers and has found the truth which is the only truth. 8. sense of unwillingness to compromise For such individuals, there is only one way and that is what matches their definition of truth. They are not willing to find common grounds with other people and cannot find win-win positions. 9. too much focus on the life after death A religious extremist has too little focus on the importance of this life and what makes him feel fulfilled in it and is too attached to the concept of a great afterlife. 10. many psychological defences Such individuals have formed a number of psychological defences so none of their internal feelings would be challenged. if you summarize point 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 you will realize all of them are somehow indication of an abnormal behavioural pattern(my parents taught me not call names). now,Tell me if our government can allow reservation for disabled persons why cant I for once stand up for those deprived people (who dont even considered as gifted yet) and let them stay in my friend list? and if you accuse me of keeping them there in my friend list just for my amusement i will certainly not going to confess. :) I keep them BECAUSE THEIR #$%^&* POSTS KEEP ME HATE THEM DAILY. Arnab Sarkar , Sourav Bhusan Soumen Ghosh Subhadip Ghosh Arup Sarkar Himadri Chakraborti Pritam Sinha Roy Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay Anup Kumar Mondal
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:39:05 +0000
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