And, gasp, we worship on SUNday. Therefore Christians worship the sun, right? We kneel before God. Gasp, the Muslims kneel, therefore we worship Allah, right?
Provincial experience, provincial education, provincial beliefs. I have met many folks here who have never traveled beyond the next county...
It certainly doesn't help your religion's image when all the Catholic Churches are set up so that the people and the priests face the East while paying homage to your deities...(hey, don't the muzlim brothers do that as well?)