s Government Control Threatened by Religion? Since the inception of Christianity unsettled Rome, governments in the West have been fighting against spiritual freedom. This is manifested particularly in the prohibition of the right to assemble. Not surprising, since power is generated by two or more people working together, and it multiplies as each person joins; wherever two or more gather in His name...

This fear is still present today. Witness Russia where a Jehovah's Witness leader is sentenced to jail. According to a prominent US weekly magazine as of There were 46 Jehovah's Witnesses still being held, with 23 under house arrest and 11 have been convicted of charges related to their faith. There are a total of 284 members of this religion currently under investigation, according to statistics from their headquarters in New Jersey.

Fear generates this kind of repression. sometimes it is subtle, and sometimes very blatant, as in the above example. "What exactly, are such people trying to do to one? They are trying to reduce one downward. They must conceive that one is dangerous to them in some way: that if one got up in the world, one could be a menace to them." L. Ron Hubbard.

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