[deaconjim]

People who believe such things tend to hail from the northeast, where the predominant strain of Christianity is Catholicism. As a result, they presume some sort of hierarchy, kind of like the Vatican. It's an understandable mistake, given their lack of familiarity, but Pat Robertson in no way equates with a bishop or cardinal, let alone the Pope, so his words only carry weight among those evangelicals who choose to give them weight.

Frankly, I think it's because liberals assume the same thing about Christians that they do about blacks. Specifically, they assume that members of either group are incapable of thinking for themselves and need a 'leader' to tell them what to think.

[Mom MD]

I do have a leader to tell me how to think - Jesus Christ. All other opinions are opinions - to be weighed against what my Leader says.

[RegulatorCountry]

Well, yes, there's that ever-present slander of being "easily led sheep" from the Godless left, who cannot or will not understand the concept of eternal truth. I was speaking to mistaken presumptions coming from those who are not abject in their disdain for all things Christian.

[Calpernia]

>>>>they assume that members of either group are incapable of thinking for themselves and need a 'leader' to tell them what to think.

they assume that members of either group are incapable of thinking for themselves and need a 'leader dictator' to tell them what to think.

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