For thousands of years rulers have sort to indoctrinate their people with the idea that they get there authority from on high and compliance with their authority will lead to rewards in eternity and disobedience will lead to damnation. Nostr's favourate political philosopher called this the opiate of the people. The message I read in the Christian story is subversion of centralised authority and non-violent resistance to oppressive power structures. I don't read much doting over authority and systems of control.