... absolute, heartless conviction. You're certain that you possess the Truth -- inevitably offered with an implied uppercase T -- and this certainty quickly devolves into dogmatism and righteousness, by which I mean a demonstrative, overweening pride in being so very right, in short, the arrogance of fundamentalism."
I just thought I'd share this. I was listening to the TED Radio Hour podcast the other day and stumbled upon this talk. It is an excellent examination of faith and some of it relates things that I noticed while in the Borg, especially the quote I started this thread with. Enjoy:
https://www.ted.com/talks/lesley_hazleton_the_doubt_essential_to_faith?language=en