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[in response to the first post] I wouldn't call those people fanatics, but atheist fundamenalists. And when one completely eschews either religion or science (presuming that those are the two prevailing, if not only, modes of thought in current society), then the one which they embrace replaces the functions of the other, and could be described as such. ie. If someone explains everything in their life and belief through religion, then religion becomes their science; if someone explains everything in their life and belief through science, then science becomes their religion.
*Footnote: I'm using atheist to describe those who revoke all religion, rather than what I believe is the dictionary definition of one who does not believe in a god, or many gods.
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