When they face bad publicity, abusive leaders often whine/whinge that Jesus was persecuted too.
No, folks. You cannot compare yourselves to Jesus.
Jesus had so little control over people that even his disciples misunderstood him.
Jesus warned the he would be a homewrecker. Most high demand leaders conceal how destructive they will be to your family relationships. Jesus gave people the bad news up front.
Jesus did not demand that followers tell him private details of their lives. He was too busy teaching and healing to waste time fucking around spying into his disciple's private lives.
The abusive leaders we discuss here on CEI message boards are control freaks who demand total domination over followers' beliefs, emotions, actions.
Jesus had so little control over his own disciples that:
* Some of the disciples were jealous of each other and squabbled over which of them would be the greatest.
* His disciples constantly misunderstood what he was saying.
* Many chose to leave when the going got tough.
* His disciples deserted him when the police arrived to arrest him.
* He was betrayed to the government by his own accountant.
Jesus did not even have ability to control the behavior of non disciples.
*He was run out of his home town
John 6:15
[biblehub.com]
* After he distributed food to a huge group, Jesus realized they were going
to kidnap him, make him king so they'd get free food on demand.
A typical cult leader would have exploited the free food angle and used it to gain PR and attract more followers.
Jesus did not do this. He fled and hid.
No, folks. You cannot compare yourselves to Jesus.
Jesus had so little control over people that even his disciples misunderstood him.
Jesus warned the he would be a homewrecker. Most high demand leaders conceal how destructive they will be to your family relationships. Jesus gave people the bad news up front.
Jesus did not demand that followers tell him private details of their lives. He was too busy teaching and healing to waste time fucking around spying into his disciple's private lives.
The abusive leaders we discuss here on CEI message boards are control freaks who demand total domination over followers' beliefs, emotions, actions.
Jesus had so little control over his own disciples that:
* Some of the disciples were jealous of each other and squabbled over which of them would be the greatest.
* His disciples constantly misunderstood what he was saying.
* Many chose to leave when the going got tough.
* His disciples deserted him when the police arrived to arrest him.
* He was betrayed to the government by his own accountant.
Jesus did not even have ability to control the behavior of non disciples.
*He was run out of his home town
John 6:15
[biblehub.com]
* After he distributed food to a huge group, Jesus realized they were going
to kidnap him, make him king so they'd get free food on demand.
A typical cult leader would have exploited the free food angle and used it to gain PR and attract more followers.
Jesus did not do this. He fled and hid.