I may have figured out the madness of Jeremiah

Here's a theory into why Jeremiah, the religious kook we've all come to know and love, is the way he is.

To understand the madness of Jeremiah, we must understand the roots of what a fundamentalist Protestant believes.

Firstly, fundamentalist Protestants take the Bible at face value, which is to say that every word of the Holy Book is the Absolute Truth, or shortly, the Will of the Almighty.
Secondly, fundamentalist Protestants believe that, morally, America has lost its way. In the eyes of a fundamentalist, the increases in drug abuse and death, crime, the murder rate, youth pregnancy, poverty, divorce, etc., are signs that the moral infrastructure of America is deteriorating.
Coupled with the belief that Christianity holds the Absolute Truth, that everything in the Bible is true, and that their religion will lead to peace of mind and the promise of eternal life in heaven, fundamentalist Protestants prey to the disillusioned and the simple-minded portion of citizens that America needs to return to the Bible before we all burn in hell; ergo, Jeremiah.

But it's just a theory, and like all theories, mine could be wrong, and that Jeremiah is just simply, out of his fucking mind.