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THE TRUE BELIEVER / I KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU          

My faith in what I believe is free from doubt. I understand what it is to be a Believer. I like to think of myself as devoted to noble causes. I too can overcome obstacles through courage, persistence, and Shining Purity. I define who I am, magnify my identity, and recognize my enemies through my crusades. (Note: True believers have an "excess of certitude."  An extreme form of this is the “I know what’s best for you” mentality, where the person doing the evangelizing, persuading, etc. rather arrogantly disrespects or devalues the beliefs, behaviors, or feelings of others. When a whole society feels that its values and way of living are superior to those of others, we refer to their ethnocentric attitude.)