Atheists’ misguided fight over the 9/11 memorial

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195. Not necessarily. Depends on your reasons for putting it in the museum.

You could still be a religious fanatic and have a non-religious reason for including it in the museum.

BTW - when I use the word "fanatic," it comes down to a case of single-mindedness, as in the dictionary definition of fanatic: "a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, esp. for an extreme religious or political cause."

Most Xians in this country are lukewarm/milquetoast in their beliefs. As in Biblical times, most Xians today would renounce their beliefs were a gun put to their heads. They're not going to die for their beliefs, as did the fanatics who flew the planes into the WTC.

That said, it takes a certain level of conceit or sense of personal privilege (ie: entitlement) to believe in the fantasies of the Bible and to treat them as if they are historical in any modern sense of the word. Things like the Resurrection and the miracles of Jesus are childish fables that don't pass the smell test in a rational view of the world.

There's a hint of fanaticism in even the most-moderate of religious beliefs, as religious beliefs by definition are excessive.