hubris ['hju?br?s] , hybris
n 1. pride or arrogance 2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (in Greek tragedy) an excess of ambition, pride, etc., ultimately causing the transgressor's ruin [from Greek] hubristic , hybristicadj They have been able to attract a core of followers, and, like the bullies they are, hold them through a combination of a fear shunning and the childish vision of eternal life in a New World. They boast and brag about their past victories that never happened. They have exploited natural disasters and human suffering at every opportunity in shameless ways. All to garner unearned credibilty. They have invented doctrines that have caused unimaginable hardship and life changing sorrow. "Pride cometh before a fall" and they are over due.