frogza

I'm glad you have seen a few who are of the decent sort.

What I have found, is that the people who are most Christlike are the least likely to attract attention to themselves. They are more concerned about others needs and value as human beings than their own popularity or comfort. So they aren't often found pushing some agenda. They just constantly and quietly lift others up.

The fanatics think of religion as some kind of exclusive club. They think that being a "member" makes them superior to those around them. They can't abide the thought that an "outsider" could do something good, because that would force them to see others as equals.

They make sure everyone knows about their "higher" worth and "higher" thoughts and values. They look for stricter and stricter rules, thinking that being able to profess observance of said rules will make them that much more important and righteous. They are like the people that Christ was talking about when he spoke of praying on the street corner to be seen of men.