As usual I had a really good idea overnight and then I forgot what it was. Let me see:

CHRISTIANITY IS A MERCANTILE SPIEL
DISGUISED AS MISSIONARY ZEAL

I wonder how come ministers, administrators and missionaries are so easily distracted from the task at hand. How does helping morph into directing?

Anyway, all of the religions that came out of the Middle East were spread abroad by merchants. Columbus sailed out of the Mditerranian to reach China and India while avoiding the marauders in the Caucasus. He did not go far emough. Balboa discovered there was another ocean to cross.

What I wonder is why they even lusted after China. It’s a very garish culture.