User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/Is there religion in RWBY?/@comment-25555436-20150606002904/@comment-3965075-20150606015037

Maybe not quite as extreme as that, but something just as drastic. Like say, "Wage a crusade" that turned out to be nothing more than filling the bloodlust or greed of a single man/bigot. Religion has often been manipulated for personal gain in Earth's history, so it wouldn't really surprise me if some religious groups are having a string or two pulled in the background.

Fink took advantage of Comstock's "visions" to make a profit, while the Unitologists were just the byproduct of EarthGOV's brainwashing (yep, EarthGOV founded the religion in the first place. Says so in the novel, Martyr. Read the book myself. Actually quite a good read, y'all should check it out. XD).