He describes the “strong father” ideology in his early books.

They crave a strict father figure & the big guy in the clouds is the ultimate. (To paraphrase Prof. Lakoff.)

and whose love-test is belief in those lies -- no matter how outrageous they may be. Nope, I don't see any similarity at all.

I am relatively sure that his repeated sexual indiscretions are also destroying his support among evangelicals. On edit: most evangelicals realize that Jesus was a Mid-Eastern Jew, who did not have "white" skin. Ancient Jewish families from the Mid-East had relatively dark skin, like Muslims, the other descendants of Abraham.

With a healthy dose of global sibling rivalry: ("I pray more than you, and so daddy likes me more".)

It's called an external locus of control: "I need to be cared for by someone more reliable than myself."

And accurate.