Good lord (pun intended) -- this explains, quite succinctly in The Gadfly's humble view, the wholly twisted and conceited world view that Ted Cruz possesses (or which possesses Ted Cruz), as well as the psychological thought process that drives his equally poisonous political aspirations:
In a sermon last year at an Irving, Texas, megachurch that helped elect Ted Cruz to the United States Senate, Cruz' father Rafael Cruz indicated that his son was among the evangelical Christians who are anointed as "kings" to take control of all sectors of society, an agenda commonly referred to as the "Seven Mountains" mandate, and "bring the spoils of war to the priests", thus helping to bring about a prophesied "great transfer of wealth", from the "wicked" to righteous gentile believers.http://www.talk2action.org/story/2013/10/16/143336/01/Front_Page/Cruz_Father_Suggests_Ted_Cruz_quot_Anointed_quot_to_Bring_The_Spoils_Of_War_To_The_Priests_
When your fellow religionists and family members are elevating your corporeal existence above that of the teeming masses by "anointing" you as a divinely inspired "king," it is only natural that you would eventually acquire some form of callous and grandiose God complex. Of course that also implies that you are of such an ego-maniacal mindset to start with that the metamorphosis from mere, lowly human to celestial royalty is an effortless transition.
The Gadfly has referred to Cruz and his acolytes as "sociopaths" on more than one occasion in his writings on this site. While this revelation of Almighty Ted's kingly anointment by his doctrinal peers appears to validate that observation, perhaps writer and theologian R. Alan Woods has a more insightful analysis of the good Texas senator's psyche:
“There are sins much more serious than socio-pathologies which really are mental illnesses, whereas self-righteousness is an illness of the soul."
~R. Alan Woods [2013]”
----TFG
Perfectly illustrated point!
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