West,
I suggested to you that you study the teachings and character of Christ from people or Churches other than Penticostal. Much of their interpretations of reality are based upon emotional impressions rather than fact or the Bible

Philo thankyou, I realise that each sect has its own beliefs, every sect believes in a different Jesus and a different God. There is no church on earth that follows the teaching of Jesus other than communes. Evenb these communes dont follow the teaching of Jesus because they have leaders or elders, priests or gurus. Orwells Animal Farm is a good eulogy to the teaching of Christ.

I take your point,your observation of Pentacostalism is correct , it is a thinly veiled prosperity cult who's lust for material wealth is justified on the basis of a weird and creepy phantasmagora. Still its made up mostly of ex-alchoholics, prostitutes, drug addicts and failed business people, we shouldnt expect more from them.

My point was belief requires the lack of lucidity. Patterns in nature are concieved as anything other than what is tested and there for known. A tsunami may be to a believer as punishment from god and so requires a change in personal behaviour , go to church , take part in more rituals, pray more. To the Lucid the cause of a tsunami is due to the physical morphology of the ocean floor, known because facts were gathered an correlated. The politician unburdened by religious beliefs will react to the risk inherent in the geography and take steps to minimise the risk of being affected by tsunami. The next time a tsunami occurs the religious path has led to carnage. The secular path has saved lives. This is resounded in all policy areas throughout history.