Stronger. Maybe. [Shrug.] Pretty sure most of them do it because they think it looks cool.

[Because that's just the sort of dumbass thing most adolescents would do when cybernetics are introduced to the world.]

That seems to be a common problem with any faith. Once you get the self-righteous pricks who think they're right, they act like they get a pass to do whatever they want because their asshole gods will "forgive" them.