Experts: Suicide Bombers Not Crazy

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Psychologists: Group Mentality, Goals of Iraq, London Killers Likely Can Drive Sane People to Suicide Attacks


Aug. 6, 2005 - It's been said that the suicide bombers who cause the scenes of carnage and chaos relayed on American TV screens and front pages must be driven by a cocktail of religious fanaticism and outright insanity.


Full story: http://www.realopinion.com/realboards/showthread.php?t=5729

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1. Previous discussion:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=145430&mesg_id=145430

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2. I'd say believing THAT MUCH in an afterlife is a bit tetched in the head..

Then again, one can NEVER say there's anything inherently wrong with religion in this country. Nope. There's definitely a big whatever and anyone not in step with that is the crazy person.

Suicide bombers believe in the supernatural; there's no way around that. Non-believers just don't tend to do such things.

If religion is consistently given a free pass, we'll never be able to address some of the real lingering problems of the human race.