I neglected to include one of the best weapons in the DEVIL's arsenal and that is COMMUNISM.

I am not against COMMUNISM per se...I am against COMMUNISM which doesn't allow religion - COMMUNISM that doesn't allow a person to worship a god.

whilst in SHANGHAI - I witnessed a large amount of STATE money being put into a massive shrine...so that those who wanted to worship could do so...and they did...with incense and candles...I asked my students about it and they were sceptical...they figured that the CHINESE were as the guidebooks had basically described them, about religion...if a 'god' works for me...I pray for a better life...and in whatever terms, a new job/car/promotion and I get it...then that 'god' works for me...if I don't get what I want...I change gods...

In a way, I respect that one...it is a 'pagan thing' in a way...the idea of having many gods...and instead of trying to curry favours from some abusive god - you just move on if you don't get what you want...seems an ideal way to deal with 'pagan abusive gods'...keep moving on until you get one, who gives you what you want...and I am certain that in my life, I am relating this back to experience...of the human beings, the mafia bosses who had set themselves up as gods...and had their own satellite pods up in the heavens as 'people-controllers'...you just keep moving on until you find a 'god' that you like...in my case, I rather liked YURI and so on...

However, I am NOT a pagan and I do NOT believe in a god in every rock, stone, tree, plant etc...that is pure silliness to me.

Better to be like MOHAMMED and simply 'listen' to that object...understand it...understand the frequency and the channel...yes, it all seems a bit 'magical' but one shouldn't be over-awed by what one might possibly find out...one shouldn't treat it as a 'god'...

MOHAMMED was highly civilised in his outlook...

He believed in the ONE G-D.