Eric Hoffer: "Absolute Faith Corrupts As Absolutely As Absolute Power"

Alan: I doubt if one in a million "true believers" can let himself ponder the possibility that faith, when pushed to an extreme, becomes a diabolical tool for psycho-spiritual enlavement.

Give me a better hypothesis for what has happened to "Christian" "conservatives" and their abject prostration before Donald Trump who, in their minds, can do NO wrong.

"Power Tends To Corrupt": Acton, Mussolini, Berlusconi, Trump And "La Ley De Herodes"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/power-tends-to-corrupt-acton-mussolini.html

The Relationship Between Power And Corruption. Acton, Caro, Brin And Steinbeck

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-relationship-between-power-and.html

"The Moral Confusion Of Trump Christians," John Pavlovitz

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-moral-confusion-of-trump-christians.html

"Conservative" "Christians" Refuse To Distinguish Between Punishment And Compassion

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/conservative-christians-dont-understand.html

Fr. Thomas Merton Explains -- In 16 Words -- Why "Christian" "Conservatives" Are Always Wrong

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/fr-thomas-merton-explains-in-16-words.html

Jimmy Carter On The Separation Of Church And State And The Danger Of Religious Superiority

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/jimmy-carter-on-separation-of-church.html

Facebook Dialogue With Christian Fundamentalist Friend Who Asks: "How Does Morality Work?"

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/facebook-dialogue-with-christian_4.html

"The Kind Of Christian I Refuse To Be," John Pavlovitz 

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-kind-of-christian-i-refuse-to-be.html

Aquinas Discovers That "Divine Truth" Cannot Contradict Nature And "The Natural Light"

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/aquinas-discovers-that-divine-truth.html

Hannah Arendt: The Horror Of Normality

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/12/hannah-arendt-horror-of-normality.html

"Thomas Merton: Adolf Eichmann, Sanity and Normality"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/…/thomas-merton-adolf-e…