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Book: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
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  1. Jon Krakauer _ Under the Banner of Heaven: A

    Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, Miners, Padres, Mountain Men, and the Opening of the Great Basin, 1772–1869 by Michael S. Durham.
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  2. Jon Krakauer _ Under the Banner of Heaven: A

    When this casuistry came to light,
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  3. Jon Krakauer _ Under the Banner of Heaven: A

    All religious belief is a function of nonrational faith. And faith, by its very definition, tends to be impervious to intellectual argument or academic criticism.
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    But men have been committing heinous acts in the name of God ever since mankind began believing in deities, and extremists exist within all religions.
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  5. Jon Krakauer _ Under the Banner of Heaven: A

    When narcissists are confronted by people who disparage the legitimacy of their extravagant claims, they tend to react badly. They may plunge into depression-or become infuriated. As Gardner explained to the court, when narcissists are belittled or denigrated "they feel horrible. . . . They have this sense they're either grandiose, perfect, and beautiful people, or absolutely worthless. So if you challenge their grandiosity-these are the words in the diagnostic manual-'They respond with humiliation or rage.' Their reaction to criticism is intense.
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    narcissistic personality disorder, or NPD. According to DSM-IV, NPD is distinguished by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity {in fantasy or behavior}, need for admiration, and lack of empathy . . . , indicated by five {or more} of the following: 1. An exaggerated sense of self-importance . . . 2. Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love 3. Believes that he or she is "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people . . . 4. Requires excessive admiration 5. Has a sense of entitlement . . . 6. Selfishly takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends 7. Lacks empathy 8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her 9. Shows arrogant, haughty, patronizing, or contemptuous behaviors or attitudes
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  7. Jon Krakauer _ Under the Banner of Heaven: A

    Narcissists erupt with self-righteous indignation whenever they believe others are breaking rules, acting unfairly, or getting more than their fair share of the pie. They have no compunction about breaking the rules themselves, however, because they know they're special and the rules don't apply to them.
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  8. Jon Krakauer _ Under the Banner of Heaven: A

    When the subject of religiously inspired bloodshed comes up, many Americans immediately think of Islamic fundamentalism, which is to be expected in the wake of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. But men have been committing heinous acts in the name of God ever since mankind began believing in deities, and extremists exist within all religions. Muhammad is not the only prophet whose words have been used to sanction barbarism; history has not lacked for Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, and even Buddhists who have been motivated by scripture to butcher innocents. Plenty of these religious extremists have been homegrown, corn-fed Americans. Faith-based
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  9. Jon Krakauer _ Under the Banner of Heaven: A

    Using his gift for fundamentalist rhetoric and adroitly manipulating the religious indoctrination Elizabeth had received since she was old enough to talk, Mitchell cowed the girl into becoming an utterly submissive polygamous concubine-buttressing his powers of theological persuasion with threats to kill her and her family.
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  10. Jon Krakauer _ Under the Banner of Heaven: A

    Those who would assail The Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity of the Bible, say, or the Qur'an, or the sacred texts of most other religions.
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    Ed Smart, even before he called the police, phoned the president of his local LDS stake,
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  12. Jon Krakauer _ Under the Banner of Heaven: A

    how the powers of government were being improperly used through improper warrants of arrest-how it was unconstitutional to stop a person on the freeway and arrest them.
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