It seems he's been raised that way.

I am putting words in his mind but I bet there are voices that bounce around in Cruz's mind saying "I am your God" when he speaks to voters, would not doubt that at all.

But I am hoping us voters want an evidence based path back towards a healthier nation and not a path based om myth and rumor and victim status.

That's got to have an effect on a kid's psyche. I'll bet he believes it by now. That's one major reason he needs to be defeated.

but everyone else thinks he's an asshole

The political media do all the distancing for him. The next time you see Sen. Cruz asked about his father's insane pronouncements will be the first time he's asked about it. Compare and contrast that with the political media's obsession with Rev. Jeremiah Wright during Obama's first run for the presidency. Of course, a little smidgen of context was always left out when they ran the "God DAMN America" clip: Namely, that Rev. Wright was recounting the failures and shortcomings of the United States, and at that point he was talking about slavery. The full implication of condemning Rev. Wright should have been, "So, you think the Almighty should have blessed America for its slave-holding ways?"

Which one fits Ted Cruz?

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/02/12/differences-between-a-psychopath-vs-sociopath/

I tend to think of him as a Psychopath because he is very cunning, and seems to have no remorse. He is a habitual liar who goes after his goals no matter who he hurts on the way. He puts on a great show, but deep down he only cares about himself.

All that jockeying for supremacy would be a bloodbath in its own right, let alone just to establish a "christian" theocracy.