art, philosophy, and science." (p. 168). Christianity was a mess when it started because casting out demons was the miracle most common for curing the typical disease. Jewish traditions had a bit more dignity, with chapter 21 of 1 Kings being the only time Elijah the Tishbite told King Ahab: You dog bone! Desire is merely a craving for something that is lacking, usually something infantile, like a father who controls the world and makes everything come out right in the end, like: There is a monster at the end of this book. Mythologizing sets up sacred cows, politics milks them. Consider a comparison of America and Russia: For all classes, however, the central source of corruption is the profit motive. It is a constant menace to justice, fraternity, integrity, sincerity, or simple decency. (p. 335). One assumes that the Soviet has plenty of sex, for example, but it has not the major industries to manufacture the sexiness that gluts American life. (p. 335).