Message from smontano

[Anonymous]

Why do people believe when a person comes into power and says it was heavenly mandated?
Because they're standing there in power, so even though you may have fought their taking power, if they won the power, that starts a seed of credibility for them. And if you are an uneducated, superstitious peasant living in the middle ages, it's that much more believable. And even if you don't believe it, the power of claiming an unseen, all powerful, unknown source still holds sway, just in case it might be true.
This is a very common ploy that worked in Spain, and in Mexico, and in England, and in Africa, and in the building of the missions in California. Heck, Bush even tried it after 9-11 and he had a string of believers for a while.