how much sway does mob rule really have over the individuals mind?

Question

lets say for instance, religion. arabs kill themselves for 70 virgins and christians, before we had minds of our own....would burn innocent people on no grounds.
i doubt any one person would do this on their own, so how much of it is the mob rule? and how does that figure weith violent religious teachings? are the christian "end of days prophecies" potentially as if not more dangerous than arab extremists? these prophecies often talk of having to fight the us govt and "cleanse the earth" with war. how can we stop the violent acts from happening?

i know nothing of the human mind, only that it can either be the greatest, or most horriying thing on the planet.

Answer 1

The mind can be democratic or demoncratic in the mob - and you can't just blame the mob.
Yes religion is for the individual and not for mobs.
The Id and the Superego are both in the mind and in the psychiatrist's language it is just who manages the right of way that moment that makes the mind a monster or a divine hand.

Answer 2

for me or the majority.


Mob rule, it gets me to ponder, But I generally like being oposite everyone else, so I think for myself