Yes, there's a difference between intuitive guidance and psychosis. Being the skeptic that I sometimes am, I wonder if this "leader" heard anything at all but just wanted to appear as all powerful and exert authority over these people, so he gave those instructions. That doesn't account for their blind obedience to his word, however. Fear of disobeying him, perhaps. Whatever it is, I've grown weary of people hiding behind religion in order to excuse criminal behavior.