Why do humans desperately look for a mediator according to The Grand Inquisitor?
People always look for experts (little gods, idols)
“Once abolish the God and the government becomes the God,” - said G.K. Chesterton
The Grand Inquisitor, a 90-year-old cardinal, arrests Jesus and scoffs at him for laying an unbearable burden of freedom on weak creatures who only want three things — bread, quieting of conscience, and authority to bow down to.
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