Crushes tend to be associated with the immature feelings of adolescents. Now let's see:
- Adolescent love tends to be extremely self-centered. Its all about how it makes the individual feel, rather than what the two of them share.
- Adolescent love tends to be very shallow as well. The object of the crush is idealized to an often ridiculous degree.
- Adolescent love is all consuming. When parents and teachers try to steer the adolescent lover back to reality, they get brushed off as "not understanding."
- As a side note to the above, adolescent lovers seem to be incapable of discussing anything but the object of their affections. They are oblivious to the terminally bored responses of friends and relatives.
- Adolescent love is often plagued by jealousy, as adolescents aren't generally the most secure people in the world.
- Adolescent lovers tend to view their love as something "special." In their minds, other people's feelings of love just aren't as deep, as strong or as real as their own.
- Adolescent lovers often do silly things to impress the object of their desires, much to the disgust of those around them.
Yeah, I'd say that pretty well describes the typical fundamentalists' relationship with their deity. Props to Apologist, a remarkable insightful fundamentalist.
