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Bitcoin maximalism has immediate parallels to religious doctrine that regular currencies do not.

1) Divine creator whose existence is impossible to prove

2) A holy book: (whitepaper) that's taken as absolute truth and therefore doesn't require any revisions or updates. Proposed changes to core beliefs create split factions (BTC v BCH, Old v New Testament, or the Shia-Sunni split in Islam).

3) Monotheism: Belief in the primacy of Bitcoin blockchain over all other competing chains, and warning of divine punishment for apostates (NGMI).

Well before bitcoin, I never felt comfortable with dollar bills stating "In God We Trust" on the back.

They were actually introduced to dollar bills (and mandated on all money) relatively recently: in the 1950s, as a symbolic effort to oppose communism.

Fiat is the best fine tuned PoS system we have.

Is it perfect? No.

Is it ages ahead of Bitcoin? Yes

Just calling money fiat is like calling people "infidel" :D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money