Reply #76: I would not say that 'everything' is equivalent and interchangeable'

[sabrina 1]

But some things are. Your own first paragraph answers the question. The case you laid out, which is the view of many who direct our foreign policies, is directly related to the extremism that led to the murder of the UN workers. Everything has consequences. Those who direct policies based on the beliefs you laid out, apparently believe they should not suffer any consequences when they kill for their own selfish reasons. That is a form of insanity in my view.

As for your second paragraph, while I cannot relate to those who believe that their religion is everything, the fact is, and responsible people should keep it in mind, that to them, their deity is not a delusion, but the very reason for their being. You can call that insane, and I would agree, nevertheless it is a fact. Stirring up such people on purpose is like setting off a bomb as we have learned over and over again.

There is a lot of insanity and yes, it is all related, from those in your first paragraph to those in your second paragraph and then those who because of their own religious beliefs, such as the book-buring pastor, choose to set off the bombs deliberately.