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Both they who convert and they who are converted by coercion need the fervent conviction that the faith they impose or are forced to adopt is the only true one. Without this conviction, the proselytizing terrorist, if he is not vicious to begin with, is likely to feel a criminal, and the coerced convert see himself as a coward who prostituted his soul to live.
Elliott Reid
Almost as though they have to feel as though they ar e saved? A victim? Or they may feel an imposter
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
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