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[โ€“] devfuuu 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As long as they don't go on a holy crusade or forcefully evangelize the entire world by genocide I wouldn't call them fanatics.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

That's a pretty high bar for fanatic. This list definitely sparks of fanaticism to me and it was derived from rules for monks. We could squabble over where to draw the line for "fanatic" but either way they're very religious.

  • First of all, love the Lord God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole strength.
  • Deny oneself in order to follow Christ.
  • Chastise the body.
  • Prefer nothing more than the love of Christ.
  • Put your hope in God.
  • Attribute to God, and not to self, whatever good you see in yourself.
  • Recognize always that evil is your own doing, and to impute it to yourself.
  • Fear the Day of Judgment.
  • Be in dread of hell.
  • Desire eternal life with all the passion of the spirit.
  • Keep death daily before your eyes.
  • Know for certain that God sees you everywhere.
  • When wrongful thoughts come into your heart, dash them against Christ immediately.
  • Disclose wrongful thoughts to your spiritual mentor.
  • Devote yourself frequently to prayer.
  • Daily in your prayers, with tears and sighs, confess your past sins to God, and amend them for the
  • Fulfill not the desires of the flesh; hate your own will.
  • Obey in all things the commands of those whom God has placed in authority over you even though they (which God forbid) should act otherwise, mindful of the Lord's precept, "Do what they say, but not what they do."