Commitment to an ideology warps thought processes because it robs a person of their critical thinking skills. The ideology provides all the answers, all the guidance, all the direction, so the victim has surrendered all intellectual independence.Religious fanaticism strikes yet again.
What is it with that stuff that makes people so crazy?
Holy warriors -- Islamists, Christians, whatever -- think they're literally fighting evil, because that's what they're told every day by voices they trust. So yeah, they're gonna go off the fuckin' rails now and then. And there's no talking to them.