Indigenous people have discovered that Christianity is not inherently Western but universal - 'translatable' into any cultural idiom.

Urban areas tend to attract members of the 'knowledge class' - people who work with ideas, data, information

Materialists try to live in the lower story NON-MATERIAL WORLD Subjective, Superstitious, Mental Constructs MATERIAL WORLD Objective, Scientific, Knowable Facts

During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas.

The only way to drive out bad culture is with good culture

In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.

Artists are often the barometers of society.