Fanatic Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jew, or Buddhist — we hear these labels far too often.
The word fanatic is a nasty little adjective. It pollutes the essence of the religion it attaches to and clouds its spiritual message. Over time, that word can even become the religion’s public face. Terms like “Islamic extremism” or “Hindu hardliners” start to define entire religions in the public mind, and that’s how the poison spreads.
Religious fanaticism grows when rituals are given more weight than understanding the faith’s theology and values. Fanatics see their service to religion as guarding and performing customs, traditions, and ceremonies, as if that alone keeps the faith alive.
No religion is truly in danger. But fanatics convince followers that it is. They cling to rituals like lifelines, mistaking ceremony for spirituality. In doing so, they drain the religion’s divine vitality, turning devotion into obsession.
Rituals can give a faith its identity and character, but when overdone, they become toxic, feeding fanaticism that’s disconnected from the faith’s true spirit.
A fanatic is not defined by their faith. They are defined by their intolerance.
A fanatic is a fanatic — raging, rigid, and intolerant — no matter the label in front of the word. The disease is the same, regardless of whether it wears the robes of a Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jew, or Buddhist.
— Promod Puri
Promod Puri.com 
Organized religion and fanaticism are the same thing. For the same man to be a heretic and a good subject is impossible. It is an established fact that the nearer the church, the farther from God. If you are a religious person, you must think of nothing else. Be careful of an ox in front, of a horse behind and a religious person on all sides.
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Agree. Organized religion breed religious fundamentalism.
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religious fundamentalism.
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