To add to the bleakness of today, I started watching “The Family” on Netflix last evening. Based on a book by writer/reporter Jeff Scarlet, it tells the story of a not-so-visible, but powerful, elite of fundamentalist leaders who wield a great deal of influence in the political world and teach some scary stuff to interns whom they train at a lush mansion in the East. Two of their “teachings” jumped out–1)that Jesus was a powerful man like Hitler, Mao, Lenin,” etc., and 2)that if a man (definitely hierarchical group) is “the chosen,” like King David of the OT, that man’s faults can be easily overlooked, because God has chosen him for a particular mission. They seem to overlook the prophet Nathan’s rebuke of David, and David’s repentance! Don’t think T- was ever an intern there, but suspect The Family is exerting a good deal of non-biblical “biblical” influence over him. Scary!