Stressing simplicity, the group appeals to nostalgic yearnings for a simpler time, a purer day. Although Falun Gong is very traditional, and very Eastern in its origin, it also has adopted Western elements drawn from Scientology and Christian Science. Li Hongzhi, the founder of this group, claims that his fashen can cure his followers' illnesses. In a society where so many struggle with health problem, Falun Gong leaders claim that they have answers for maintaining healthy soul and healthy body. In a society where communist materialism denies the existence of a spiritual realm, Falun Gong propaganda promotes that healing comes from the spirit.
China is now in an ideological civil war.
But, as we know, neither an a theistic doctrine or a cult can be a right path for the nation. Secondly, Falun Gong worries China's leaders because the group's social influence matters. The majority of the group's Chinese adherents are from the generation of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. With Marxism-Maoism debunked in 1990s and the market economy rollercoastering, economic uncertainty and fear for the future grip the vast middle class. During the Cultural Revolution they experienced official attacks on traditional culture.