YOU understand my question OTHER than I meant it - so there will be TWO answers:
I.) YOUR question: "Was there an earlier problem similar to scientology?
My answer: The most comparable that comes to mind, is JESUS from NAZARETH.
He entered a satanic world, centered on a strictly MATERIALISTIC view on life - of which they derived the "RIGHT" to tax & control the people - and enforce their MATERIALISTC way of life.
So JESUS taught SPIRITUAL knowledge about NOT needing a body and healing that body on a SPIRITUAL basis,
and people wer atrtracted and fascinated by JESUS. The governbment "fabricated" FALSE accusations, held a FALSE trial and gave him a FALSE sentence . . .
But TRUTH was stronger - so christianity, the FAN-base of JESUS was undestructible - despite the government FALSIFIING the BIBLE in 325 after Christ, when they eliminated the teachinggs of JESUS on Re-Birthing at the Council in Nicäa, which ist comparable to the buddhist & Scientology concept of more than one life . . .
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