Groups are by default narcissists (Freud): all about exclusion. The Evangelical Churches (the white ones in particular) are extremely narcissistic. One slight deviation and it's your fault (the purity culture). The group becomes the master, you become the slave, and your "body" (including thoughts, the brain etc) are overseen by this group, in abstract and tangible ways (the accountability partner).
Whereas what Jesus says in Matthew 5 about adultery and looking is, you can't help it. It turns out to be neurologically correct. When you intend to do something, you are already doing it. So even if you think there's something wrong with looking, you already did it. "You have already committed adultery in your heart" means you cannot possibly survey yourself perfectly enough.
Because the command-control, master-slave format just doesn't apply.
Unfortunately, the Evangelical churches have been getting ready by accident (as well as deliberately) for a leader such as Trump, throughout their existence.
Any extra input (he's going to save them, he's a Parsifal who will restore their power) is icing on a group dynamic cake that was baked into America for four hundred years: the legacy of slavery.
Discuss.
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