They are insecure, fearful people who respond to the crazy message that's being sold.
I wonder if the powers that be have been purposefully trying to jam media with lots of spurious messages about, "The Truth Behind The Lies," most of which are structurally similar to actual such messages, but otherwise are just junk.
you get these large flocks of people attracted to the personality of the leadership of their church, but there's no doctrinal basis.
Really, this sort of thing isn't that unusual. In places in the US like Cincinnati, with large populations having immigrated generations ago from Ireland, Germany, and Eastern Europe, you have large numbers of people who call themselves "Cultural Catholics." Do they agree with all of the doctrine of the Catholic Church? Heck, a quite a number of them disagree with most of it. Attendance at mass is really just one way they identify their group.
Given that much of the motivation for religious practice is really group affiliation, it's no wonder there's a lot of it organized around personalities.
I wonder if the powers that be have been purposefully trying to jam media with lots of spurious messages about, "The Truth Behind The Lies," most of which are structurally similar to actual such messages, but otherwise are just junk.
you get these large flocks of people attracted to the personality of the leadership of their church, but there's no doctrinal basis.
Really, this sort of thing isn't that unusual. In places in the US like Cincinnati, with large populations having immigrated generations ago from Ireland, Germany, and Eastern Europe, you have large numbers of people who call themselves "Cultural Catholics." Do they agree with all of the doctrine of the Catholic Church? Heck, a quite a number of them disagree with most of it. Attendance at mass is really just one way they identify their group.
Given that much of the motivation for religious practice is really group affiliation, it's no wonder there's a lot of it organized around personalities.