You aren't making anything up. But your imagination ran away from you there a bit.
My parents and I rarely agree on anything. We agreed on this.
Lets hope I'm wrong in the far future because in a China government, my fiancee may very well get executed for her religious background.
A very real scenario I can imagine is Western society tearing itself apart (it clearly is already), creating an opening for a "savior" to bring "order." People can be pretty ******* stupid as we've seen. I'll let you guys figure out how that scenario could easily be manipulated.