I believe this thread should mention in it's title that it's gone pretty churchy. So can I get an AMEN in here already? :)

In my opinion, as people get more and more "spiritual" or "awaken from their sleep" or however you want to call it, noticing that they don't need to go to church, nor being attached to any religion, the churches are feeling (with good reason, you gotta giv'em that!) more and more endangered. And what do human beings do when they have that feeling? They pull out all the stops to not let that happen.
And so...
being who and what they are, and what kind of reputation they are currently experiencing, incl. the anger and hate towards them from their own people they used to have, is all results from exactly this reaction.

Nothing stays undiscovered forever!