Universal Life

In 2003, Wittek published her own bible, Das ist Mein Wort (This is My Word), also including anti-semitic phrases.

[9] Members of Universal Life run, among other institutions, a school,[2][5][6][10] two kindergartens, a natural healing clinic[2][5][6][10] and ive publishers.

Georg Schmid estimated, in his book Churches, Sects, Religions, the number of members to be 100,000 worldwide, including 4,000 in Germany.

[15] In consequence, a characteristic feature of Universal Life is the fomenting of resentment against "established religious leaders," especially the Roman Catholic Church, which is the predominant religion in Bavaria.

In 2010, for example, Universal Life failed in a lawsuit before the Freiburg Administrative Court in which it sought to prohibit the Catholic Church from calling itself "Christian.

"[16] Since Jesus in UL reading is believed to have rejected violence against humans and animals as well as ecclesiastical institutionalism,[17] Universal Life, according to the Catholic diocese of Trier, appeals primarily to "idealistically minded people" in search of "authentic Christianity"[18] despite the fact that the group's teaching contains Far Eastern elements.