I wonder who the clergymen hired by the CIA were? And what were they tasked to do. Simply to sway public opinion?
They were particularly to focus on decreasing, trashing the proven reputation of the authenticity of the Biblical record as history and as truth.
They were also tasked with discounting, trashing, arguing against the Deity of Jesus/Yeshua The Christ and arguing against His proven Resurrection.
Therefore, a long list of more traditional Christian church organizations have become liberal and too often little more than adjunct arms of Marxism around the world. ... cheering on the absurdities of "Liberation Theology."
Thankfully, God has slated for them to suffer His censure as they and their leadership crash and burn increasingly wholesale.
On the other hand--with different fingers--Pentecostal groups believing in the proven and accurate authority of The Bible in beliefs and practices of the Christian faith; in modern day miracles etc. etc. have been growing like wild-fire--e.g. in Brazil and other places.
Even in the formerly Christian nation called the USA, traditional churches have been losing congregants right and left and more Biblically authentic congregations and denominations have been growing.
Also, nondenominational congregations have increasingly sprung up and grown rapidly.
There is the interesting case of Rick Warren. He wrote a book--IIRC called THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE ... became quite famous--made a ton of money and still lived on only a fraction of his income and still drove his older beat-up pickup or some such. He was fairly conservative, Biblically authentic etc.
Then something began happening to him--he began hobnobbing with OThuga, The Pope and a list of other not so Biblical religionists. Who knows what he still believes in his heart but most of us Evangelicals now consider him at least a little suspect.
We can't help but wonder if he was a liberal plant all along.
I'll guess the Clowns started with the Catholic Church
Clown Op - Hey, we know all about the little boys, wanna play ball?
Church - What, and risk our Billion Dollar operation? We're in, what do we have to do?
Clown Op - Y'all line up behind abortion, the "Pill," and...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton for two.