I've seen this happen in the workplace, where someone was waving around and quoting literal chapter and verse from a book about coding interviews, as if it were

I've seen this happen in the workplace, where someone was waving around and quoting literal chapter and verse from a book about coding interviews, as if it were doctrinal and any deviation of our process from this book was heresy. I was a missionary (no longer religious) for two years and saw first hand the terrible fire that ignites in some when confronted with disagreement about fundamental tribal beliefs. It does seem this fervor is hard-wired, and now with religiosity waning it gets applied to everything.