Dogmatic
Both words in one sentence
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Religious fanaticism cannot save people or defeat evil, and a dogmatic religion will either be used as a cover for corruption or lead to the methods of a Knight Templar.
Source: An Aesop -
Reaper-17 are Scary Dogmatic Aliens played straight, in that they take any actions necessary to annihilate things that stand in front of progress, using a religious sort of fervor.
Source: Scary Dogmatic Aliens - This tends to put them squarely into Scary Dogmatic Aliens trope, but with the twist that their dogma is secular rather than religious.
Source: Scary Amoral Religion
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