Why are we addicted to toxic, abusive leaders in the church and in society? We fear the social breakdown that we see all around us. We cannot control the forces of nature that seem to steal away the good life we want so desperately so we turn to the "powerful."
We elect the "powerful" to hide from the raw evil we have unleashed into the modern world. We elect people who we feel can "protect" us from what we fear and dread. We elect the people that act like us if we had power.
We choose what seems solid and strong in a culture where everything is melting before us.
And so, we are more than willing to overlook the character flaws and godlessness of pastors, celebrities, and people in power who look like they are in the "right" so we can receive the benefits of their apparent strength.
We are willing to think the ends do justify the means because we have invested "our side" with messianic, salvific expectations of godlike proportions. In reality, we have missed God and confused him with us.
