The reform movements invariably caused more splinters forming new groups, some due to new leadership struggle and due to real controversy in the interpretation of the faith and its teachings. Thus the movement by Martin Luther against the Roman Church started the Protestant movement leading to several other groups of Christianity. Islam also had several splinters. All these lead to fights for the power. In the Socio-economic sphere also, Karl Marx theory of poor workers suffering under the rich Capitalist was conveniently used by Lenin and Stalin to bring the world under Russian dominance. Adolph Hitler tried the Aryan supremacy theory to bring the German race to the top. In the East also, when Hindu priests were dominating the society with rituals, Gauthama Buddha of royal descent brought in Buddhism. Emperor Ashoka and other Maurya Kings carried the message to other countries in the east to create their dominance.

Similarly, Jainism was spreading in parts of India through some kings influenced by the Jain priests. These could be interpreted as the shift of the religious power from the Priests class to the Warrior class and Merchants class. However, these two faiths when got some popular support, Hindu renaissance gave modification to the original teachings to accept the variations in the thoughts, unlike the Semitic religions which remained stiff with their dogmatic attachment to the teaching. Thus they avoided splintering in Hindu following. Nonviolence, vegetarianism and insistence of studying the philosophy rather than blind rituals to formed Deities were a good alternative to preserve the Hindu religion and its popularity in its land. Often the local faiths got modified due the alien influence to counteract the popularity of the new faiths. Sri Veda Vyasa's Vedantha theory and Sri Sankara's Adhvaitha and Jñana Yoga were a good reply to Buddhist and Jain Philosophy.