Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
I only meant that you referred to it. Clearly I owe you an apology.
That's fine, but I'm still confused by your position. Perhaps you can help me out if we take things step by step. So, am I right in saying that you believe:

1) That those who commit suicidal terrorist attacks must be mentally ill, since “no-one can possibly believe all that sh*t and be prepared to kill for it”. So the only explanation for their actions must be a chemical imbalance in their brains that led them to seek out a cause to justify their pre-disposition for murderous crime – and that cause happened to be religion. In other words, if religion hadn’t turned these people into murderous criminals, something else would have.

2) When it comes to people who live in societies still based around religious dogma, religiously-inspired fanaticism can be explained by the environment they were brought up in, rather than mental illness.

Anything I've misrepresented about your view here?