The notion that religion alone leads to terrorism should now be bunk. Let us conveniently ignore the atrocities of atheist regimes and mass propaganda that has inspired many a genocide, but the US story shows that all it takes is 1) a charismatic leader, 2) a grievance or sense..
...of injustice directed at a particular category of people, 3) repeated messaging that emotionally blackmails members of the purported victim group to take up arms or defend themselves or preempt further perceived threats, 4) rewards offered in the form of approval...
..., recognition or love and possible intimacy by the leader, exoneration of past crimes, financial or physical incentives, fame, position/status/rank, and paranormal/spiritual promises.
...5) a reframing of all events and groups in a stark dichotomy of either good or evil. There must be no room for a middle ground, nuance or contextual/situational considerations.
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