The motivations are tied to the ideology. You simply cannot protect the ideology from the people and say its not the way that is wrong but the people who follow it when there are so many of the people follow the so called &quot;wrong way&quot;. The Catholic Church ruled in a period where opposing it was difficult not only because of societal norms but also the peoples understanding of the world was limited and so opposing views were hard to justify. That is no longer the case, and as can be seen, secular nations have arisen in the west.