An American citizen was detained by security forces in the museum after being observed shattering the statues, which he claimed were "in violation of the Torah."
Humans have emotional and often destructive reactions to information that conflicts with what they were always taught. No belief system or culture anywhere in the world is immune to that. Some cultures are a bit more flexible because their belief system doesn’t go as hard on the “this is the only possible truth” line, but there are still times when it happens.
“I must destroy anything that preceded by religious obsession”. So ISIS aren’t the only barbarians.
Humans have emotional and often destructive reactions to information that conflicts with what they were always taught. No belief system or culture anywhere in the world is immune to that. Some cultures are a bit more flexible because their belief system doesn’t go as hard on the “this is the only possible truth” line, but there are still times when it happens.
with what they currently think they’ve (always) believed. what they were always told only matters indirectly.