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here's a nugget from "Primal Leadership" by Daniel Goleman. In the chapter on "The Motivation to Change" where he relates a person's values to their leadership style, he breaks things down into leaders with a pragmatic philosophy, an intellectual philosophy, and a humanistic philosophy. I could not help but notice the correlation between many of the fundy pastors I know and the leader with an intellectual philosophy. Here's what Goleman has to say:
 
"The central theme of an intellectual philosophy is the desire to understand people, things, and the world by constructing an image of how they work, thereby providing some emotional security in predicting the future. People with this philosophy rely on logic in making decisions, and assess the worth of something against an underlying code or set of guidelines that stresses reason. People with this outlook rely heavily on cognitive competencies, sometimes to the exclusion of social competencies.... They can use a visionary leadership style, if the vision describes a well-reasoned future."
 
Compare this with evangelicals and fundies who:
1.    Desire to *understand* people, things and the world rather than feel them, experience them, know them in an intimate, emotional way.
2.    Look for emotional security by being able to predict the future, both macro-future (eschatology) and micro-future (if I do this [or pray this prayer, or live by these rules, etc.] then God is obligated to do that for me).
3.    Rely on logic, proof texts, well-reasoned arguments, syllogistic constructs to make decisions rather than seeing the "heart" of a matter. These are people who would have no trouble saying in John 6, "Well, Moses says stone her so I guess we have no choice but to kill her no matter how regrettable that may be."
4.    Judge the worth of people and ideas based on a rigid, inflexible black or white grid; not making allowances for nuance or exceptions.
5.    Relate to people through reason and intellect rather than their needs as people.
6.    Rally people behind a visionary cause rather than leading them to practically minister to others in a spirit of grace.