Re: Jinn in the Bermuda Triangle?
The issue then, Seminole, is that you hold of two differing views of the role of universal religion.
One side (mine) views that universal religion is a set of rules, guidelines and values to which all societies are capable of adapting themselves to adhere to, such that different societies and cultures move to be much more similar to each other.
The other (yours) views that universal religion is a set of rules, guidelines and values that can in their original or adpated form be applied to all societies without those societies needing to change - a system of belief that can be held without requiring societies and cultures to become less distinct from each other.
Frankly, the experience of the mainstream Christian churches is a strong argument against the second view. Both Protestant and Catholic churches have been trying between the 50s and 80s to adapt their beliefs to some extent to accomodate the growing liberalism of society and to reflect it, and lost active adherents as a result.
By contrast, the more recent hardline attitude of the Catholic Church and in particular the Evangelical movement within the Protestant Churches, which have been trying to leverage the power of religion to force society to change, have begun drawing adherents.