Extreme Sports Are Better For Humanity Than Extreme Beliefs

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center. ~ Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Any extreme is doomed to failure and the detriment to humanity. While an extreme is not always dangerous, an extreme belief is a recipe for a disaster. Although, that statement may sound extreme. It is important to realize that there is a difference between believing something extremely from having an extreme belief. Believing something extremely means you believe this to be so from experience and constant testing, that is why you can believe so. The other, is never really tested less something shakes the extreme and it is no longer true, and to shake that extreme is to cause an extreme reaction. Furthermore, the extreme belief is never tested. Why would they? They are right after all?

One of the major problems of extreme beliefs is ignorance, pure unadulterated ignorance. While it may not seem so, it is. People may be very knowledgeable, yet they are ignorant. They are ignorant because they don't realize that there is more to life than their set beliefs. If they do see other views, they are all viewed as all flawed except their one. People having such extremes does not indiscriminate, it can be held by the religious, the LGBT, Atheists, and every day people.

One of the saddest, but best examples is, Maria Curie, the mother of radiation. Maria Curia died, because she wouldn't test her belief. Radiation, her amazing find, and sadly her death. She refused to believe others that exposure to radiation was killing her, yet it had already killed her husband. The thing is, she refused to believe even though she was a genius in her field.

While these people may be loving or really nice, they have these beliefs that they are not willing to check if they are wrong. Never questioning or even thinking that everyone else is wrong and only they are right. They arrogantly believe that they are right while everyone is wrong. They never pause to analyze their position or check if they are truly correct. One of the biggest problem is that they refuse to be argued with, and if they do, it's really just a facade to allow them to carry on hammering their belief into one's self. If they can't get their way, they will yell or keep repeating themselves.

However, when you go down to the root of things, all these extreme beliefs, they are all usually founded by some emotions. They may try to sugar coat it, but it's just feelings. Usually hurt feelings or something they have to hold on or drown. If you ask that person who seems to hate religion, if they're honest, "It's because I was hurt by it when I was young". The LGBT supporter, "Because it seems fair and I was bullied when young, that's why I'm bullying others to stop this bullying", "I cling to religion because my home was unstable and it provides me with stability." Whatever it be, it something usually along those lines. It may not be exact, but potato, potahto. 

Although some extreme beliefs can be quite harmless, they can actually be quite dangerous. Such beliefs are seen in terrorism, Nazism, communism, racism, or bigotry. Every extreme has it's various forms until someone gets hurt: Left and right, feminism and misogynists or pacifist and aggressors. It doesn't really matter what it is, it'll turn nasty very soon. People are on edge, they just need a little push to push them over the edge and explode.

 

In essences, you can't argue with emotions. You can win an argument from brain to brain, but heart to brain? Not really. Reasoning or debating will not work, because your arguing with faith, pure faith or just plain headstrong ideals. You must prove with action, because faith without action is dead. If you put faith into action, you either prove or disprove they're belief. Otherwise they're not going to be convinced. It's a simple matter of, some things can be talked over. Other times, short of brain surgery, you'll never prove your point to them.