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This is cringe behavior for sure. That said, this is way more common than you might think. Many churches will "lay on hands" to pray for someone. Often if they're sick, or being sent on a mission trip. I've been in settings exactly like this one.

I'm an atheist now, so of course I think the general idea is misguided. What makes this particularly stupid is that Trump doesn't give a fuck about religion or doing the right thing.

All that said, no, the Branch Davidian beliefs were much crazier than maga beliefs. For example they had an inter-cult armed showdown over a dead body that they believed God would resurrect.

They were less of a threat because you would never get millions of people to believe those ideas, while the slightly less but still insane maga people are in charge of the government.