Obsessive devotion combined with thoroughly invasive attempts to convert people to whatever is being devoted to.
Devotion alone is not harmful. Teaching people about one's devotions or beliefs isn't harmful.
But people are completely out-of-line when they force people into unwilling bondage with the threat of death.
Usually, fanaticism is driven by power-hunger, corruption given by power, the strong desire to be considered right, misinterpretation of religious texts or other manifestos and documents, and/or insanity.
It's not often monetarily driven. That problem is usually called greed, an obsession with money. (Which I suppose might be a type of fanaticism.)
Devotion alone is not harmful. Teaching people about one's devotions or beliefs isn't harmful.
But people are completely out-of-line when they force people into unwilling bondage with the threat of death.
Usually, fanaticism is driven by power-hunger, corruption given by power, the strong desire to be considered right, misinterpretation of religious texts or other manifestos and documents, and/or insanity.
It's not often monetarily driven. That problem is usually called greed, an obsession with money. (Which I suppose might be a type of fanaticism.)
It is not belief, but fanaticism, that is the cause of many of the world's problems.
Some Christians either have a rather blasé attitude towards their faith, or they practise raving fanaticism which would be dangerous to the public at large if carried out in office. (Many Protestant churches are possesed by fanaticism.) These two stereotypes give Christianity a bad, bad, bad image that it's rather undeserving of, as most Christians are moderates, or are the blasé kind aforementioned.
Similarly, the Crusades and the Inquisitions were rather embarrassing fanatical events in history that have nothing to do with the message of Christ, but with the craze of power and being right.
Communism during the Cold War was sometimes fanaticism rooted in a state cult (like Stalinism), or in atheism. This fanaticism led to the deaths of many religious people, guilty of little to nothing else.
The fanaticism of the Ku Klux Klan led to the unwarranted deaths of many African Americans.
Nazi fanaticism killed Jews, communists, homosexuals, Catholics, and soldiers who could all have been doing something more useful than dying.
So, therefore, I believe strongly that it's not Christianity, Islam, Republicanism, Democratism, liberality, conservatism, Zionism, Judaism, capitalism, communism, socialism, dictatorship, or any other belief or circumstance which causes trouble. It is when these things hold too much influence over our lives and cause us to do horrible things. Or, fanaticism.
Some Christians either have a rather blasé attitude towards their faith, or they practise raving fanaticism which would be dangerous to the public at large if carried out in office. (Many Protestant churches are possesed by fanaticism.) These two stereotypes give Christianity a bad, bad, bad image that it's rather undeserving of, as most Christians are moderates, or are the blasé kind aforementioned.
Similarly, the Crusades and the Inquisitions were rather embarrassing fanatical events in history that have nothing to do with the message of Christ, but with the craze of power and being right.
Communism during the Cold War was sometimes fanaticism rooted in a state cult (like Stalinism), or in atheism. This fanaticism led to the deaths of many religious people, guilty of little to nothing else.
The fanaticism of the Ku Klux Klan led to the unwarranted deaths of many African Americans.
Nazi fanaticism killed Jews, communists, homosexuals, Catholics, and soldiers who could all have been doing something more useful than dying.
So, therefore, I believe strongly that it's not Christianity, Islam, Republicanism, Democratism, liberality, conservatism, Zionism, Judaism, capitalism, communism, socialism, dictatorship, or any other belief or circumstance which causes trouble. It is when these things hold too much influence over our lives and cause us to do horrible things. Or, fanaticism.
by TarkanAttila22 July 24, 2010
Get the fanaticism mug.Fatfatism is a new political concept emerging from the anti-Government protests in Lebanon in December 2006. Its use is comparable to words like 'conservativism' and 'socialism', and its use is analagous to words like 'Stalinism' and Thatcherism' and 'Reganism' because it derives from the name and policies of a person - Ahmad Fatfat, Lebanon's Minister of the Interior.
This Fatfatism ideology, which has come to refer to a certain "Moderate" breed of political behavior in the Middle East, can be explained, according to Dr. As'ad Abu Khalil, the intellectual who coined the term, as such:
"...it requires no commitment to principles; it merely adjusts to the interests of the political status of Ahmad Fatfat. The ideology contains contradictions: it speaks of democracy and 'liberalism' and yet cultivates support among Bin Laden supporters in North Lebanon and serves as a client for Saudi Wahhabism; it speaks in favor of 'sovereignty' and 'independence' while it faithfully represented the interests of the tyrannical Syrian regime, and now represents the external patrons of Sanyurah. The ideology of Fatfatism believes that the most effective way for fighting foreign occupation is serving tea to the occupation soldiers. While it is widely believed that Fatfatism is a Lebanese phenomenon, it is now noticed that Fatfatism is spreading in countries in the Middle East and well beyond the Middle East."
The December protests in Beirut, Lebanon in 2006 included chants which echoed a popular understanding of Fatfatism. The chant went, according to primary sources:Ahmad Fatfat, you tough guy; one coffee and two tea. This reaction to Fatfatism can be understood in the wider framework of discontent in the Middle East with politicians like Hosni Mubarak, Abu Mazen, and Iyad Allawi who are perceived by Islamic fanatical and "leftist" sectors of the Arab public to be no more than tools of Western imperial powers.
This Fatfatism ideology, which has come to refer to a certain "Moderate" breed of political behavior in the Middle East, can be explained, according to Dr. As'ad Abu Khalil, the intellectual who coined the term, as such:
"...it requires no commitment to principles; it merely adjusts to the interests of the political status of Ahmad Fatfat. The ideology contains contradictions: it speaks of democracy and 'liberalism' and yet cultivates support among Bin Laden supporters in North Lebanon and serves as a client for Saudi Wahhabism; it speaks in favor of 'sovereignty' and 'independence' while it faithfully represented the interests of the tyrannical Syrian regime, and now represents the external patrons of Sanyurah. The ideology of Fatfatism believes that the most effective way for fighting foreign occupation is serving tea to the occupation soldiers. While it is widely believed that Fatfatism is a Lebanese phenomenon, it is now noticed that Fatfatism is spreading in countries in the Middle East and well beyond the Middle East."
The December protests in Beirut, Lebanon in 2006 included chants which echoed a popular understanding of Fatfatism. The chant went, according to primary sources:Ahmad Fatfat, you tough guy; one coffee and two tea. This reaction to Fatfatism can be understood in the wider framework of discontent in the Middle East with politicians like Hosni Mubarak, Abu Mazen, and Iyad Allawi who are perceived by Islamic fanatical and "leftist" sectors of the Arab public to be no more than tools of Western imperial powers.
Fatfat to Clinton:"Not now Clinton, I've got thirsty soldiers waiting,go and wank in the corner"
Father to Son: "Stop being a Fatfat and learn to read."
"I went to use the public lavoratory, but the bowl was backed up, as someone had done a Fatfat in there, previously."
"Israeli Soldier: Man oh man! You shoulda seen it!
Olmert: What happened? Is this another tale of Fatfatism?
Felipe: Yes! Fatfat was getting whipped by Shlomo AGAIN. He told Fatfat to bring home Lebanese mint that he found on the ground from Beirut to Ashdod, so he picked up the plants, put them on his horse, and galloped for eight hours, and then dropped it in the middle of Shlomo's driveway.
Olmert: Yep. That's Fatfatism for ya."
Father to Son: "Stop being a Fatfat and learn to read."
"I went to use the public lavoratory, but the bowl was backed up, as someone had done a Fatfat in there, previously."
"Israeli Soldier: Man oh man! You shoulda seen it!
Olmert: What happened? Is this another tale of Fatfatism?
Felipe: Yes! Fatfat was getting whipped by Shlomo AGAIN. He told Fatfat to bring home Lebanese mint that he found on the ground from Beirut to Ashdod, so he picked up the plants, put them on his horse, and galloped for eight hours, and then dropped it in the middle of Shlomo's driveway.
Olmert: Yep. That's Fatfatism for ya."
by Alzabini December 9, 2006
Get the Fatfatism mug.Someone who knows everything there is to know about sports but gets almost no physical activity in his/her life; their main past time is playing in fantasy sports pools on the internet.
Normal human being: "Dude, wanna go do some midget tossing?"
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Normal human being: "Dude, we're playing against hot Las Vegas strippers and they'll be naked."
Fantathalete: "Sorry dude; if i don't start the draft on time the world around me will crumble."
Fantathalete:"No way man, I've got to catch up on my fantasy pools. I've got a draft starting in 25 minutes."
Normal human being: "Dude, we're playing against hot Las Vegas strippers and they'll be naked."
Fantathalete: "Sorry dude; if i don't start the draft on time the world around me will crumble."
by Norman Peabody October 22, 2006
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Also they look so adorable together off screen when they do live or just do anything,netizens always love them together,seeing their so much popularity a hashtags runs on almost all social media platform which is Fainat. Which comes from faisu and jannat first and last letters respectively.
They themselves clarified that they are not dating but what our eyes and heart feels is something different of what they say ! By the way on a live they said that they love to watch fainatians edits on Social media platforms.
Fainat and fainatian are forever according to us !
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by Social Media Expert December 1, 2021
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Paul: Hey Frank, do you want to go see Dead or Alive with me when it comes out?
Mike: I totally have a bootleg of that sh*t on my computer at home, you can come over and watch it anytime.
Paul: Mike, you're such a movie fanatic.
Mike: I totally have a bootleg of that sh*t on my computer at home, you can come over and watch it anytime.
Paul: Mike, you're such a movie fanatic.
by River702 November 25, 2006
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They themselves clarified that they are not dating but what our eyes and heart feels is something different of what they say ! By the way on a live they said that they love to watch fainatians edits when they have nothing to do.
Fainat and fainatians are forever according to us !
Also they look so adorable together off screen when they do live or just do anything netizens always love them together,seeing their so much popularity a hashtags runs on almost all social media platform which is Fainat. Which comes from faisu and jannat first and last letters respectively.
They themselves clarified that they are not dating but what our eyes and heart feels is something different of what they say ! By the way on a live they said that they love to watch fainatians edits when they have nothing to do.
Fainat and fainatians are forever according to us !
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