To a secular ear, all of this supernatural talk can sound like useful idiocy that serves only the autocrats I expect it sounds that way to most non-secular ear

To a secular ear, all of this supernatural talk can sound like useful idiocy that serves only the autocrats I expect it sounds that way to most non-secular ears as well, because it is. Someone needs to remind him that it doesn't matter how well he licks the boot, they're never going to let him wear it.