What makes on a fanatic, DOug R, has nothing to do with denomination and your rhetorical dervice is patently transparent. His fanatacism is marked by extreme, unreasoning persistance and adherence to a cause -- in this case a cause defined by myhological entities.

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill

I think Mister Bush qualifies because of the consistency with which his "I am God's choice" concept has been sprinkled through his discussions.

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