To free the people from the control of such “elders” or anyone who might want to religiously enslave them.

What's it like being completely retarded? The priests are such elders and religiously enslaved all of Europe and then spread their cancer to the new world and Asia. They preach different rules for different classes of people, socialism, turning the other cheek, giving unto Caesar, don't be rich or you can't get into heaven, send money to Africa, let in the Africans, ignore what the Jews do, all while stealing pagan rites, hoarding money at the church, keeping secret libraries, and raping kids.