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Because everyone wants to believe their opinion is the right one and that those who oppose may threaten those beliefs.

That's why logical debates 99.9% of the time breakdown into fights, threats, insults and so on. And it's not so much a conscious decision, I think it is more a defense mechanism so that one does not have to re-evaluate their beliefs and what they have believed.

And then there are those that may feel the same way personally, but play devil's advocate on here to see how others may defend their same belief systems.

The human psyche and the defense mechanisms each individual uses should never be underestimated.

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"