I am truly surprised at the amount of vitriol aimed at the High Sparrow on various conservative sites.
The man is essentially the Martin Luther of Westeros. He was working to reform the church, minister to the down trodden, and make the elites live under the same laws they force on everyone else.
I saw no hint of malice in the way he conducted himself. To me, he came across as a grandfather who understood that true love, sometimes requires stern actions and decisions.
No malice is torturing people ?
Wow...
If you think his scheming and manipulation and concentrating of his power was done for the greater good, let alone for “god”, and not his own purposes, just because he wrapped it up in religious quotations, they I would advise you stay away from anyone or anything remotely resembling a cult.
>I saw no hint of malice in the way he conducted himself. <
Go back and watch the scene where his minions block Margaery from leaving the sept.