Sky: Glad I made Cripto's grandmother understand why we are in the future today.

Zax: You almost ruined her past too.

Sky: But that's the truth; she was born about the same time when the road to technology just began. If America bends down to her views, we would've lost to the Axis Powers. And besides, God gave each of us a gift to improve our world. And this is why, we have scientific advancement for the sake of humanity. As everybody knows, whether they like it or not, this was bound to happen.

Star: Now meanwhile, since for some reason, there are still megachurches in America, which Zachary wanted to destroy forever because they deviated from the functions of a typical church, we, the S4, are going to do our best to buy the properties of those megachurches out under us as we convert them into public convention centers.

Zax: But how is that possible? Second, wouldn't you just cause more controversy?

Star: Oh trust me it is possible. Corrupt pastors in megachurches think money talks and so does our money since both of us are selling stuff to make a profit; the difference is that we don't sell stuff in vain but rather, for humanity as a whole. Yes we will cause controversy but not as much as they are. After all, they violated Matthew 21:12 in the Bible which reads "Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves." If they send out agents in random neighborhoods to get people to join their megachurches then we can send out our PR agents and our lawyers to convince these megachurch pastors that they are not only morally wrong but also creating a personal cult which is psychologically damaging and illegal. Plus, we'll collect enough evidence and get them to cease their operations and confess their sins where they will only have two choices; they can sell their megachurches to us where we can convert them into public convention centers or they can take it to civil court and they will lose against us. Most if not all megachurches are built in downtown areas of cities. I'm sure Jesus would like to be in an area of family homes where He is close to family than in some financial district where people go to work and make money.

Zax: Okay then. Whatever you do, please be careful.

Star: We will. Oh and if those megachurch pastors try to use Leo's name in vain, then we'll just tell them that Leo has given us free reign to buy out megachurches and convert them into public convention centers as its more moral for people to hold whatever events they want there to show to the public than to have a corrupt preacher hogging the place for his flock of what he thinks are mindless and clueless sheep. In America, herd mentality is discouraged; individualism and creative ideas to improve humanity is encouraged. We're Americans and we will uphold what America has been built upon; philosophy and individualism.

Leo: My name's been used in vain ever since I began bellowing.

Levon: What you said about Jesus isn't entirely accurate; He's everywhere, and with everybody, all the time. He cares about the people in the busy downtown areas, Star, and the people of family homes in smaller neighborhoods. Still, if you buying out the megachurches and turning them into public convention centers is your agenda, I'm not going to stop you. Just be prepared for the preachers to tell you that you'll go to hell for putting them out of business, because I witnessed that happen myself back in Armenia when your corporation decided to do the same thing. Well, there were rumors going around that this was to happen, anyway.

Leo: I think they're going to do America first and then Armenia.

Star: Your people were protesting about megachurches in downtown selling coffee and other things so I bought those megachurches out since to them, it was threatening the traditional churches in Armenia. Not to mention, your people wanted to save those beautiful old churches that are landmarks in Armenia and not just community centers since they've been there for hundreds of years. Second, megachurches in common definition today generally refers to American megachurches since America is technically the only nation on Earth that has plenty of those. If those preachers are going to say I'm going to hell for what I did, then how is selling goods on church grounds in the name of Jesus not sinful? The Bible speaks about that too.

Sky: America first since the rituals in Armenia and America in Christianity are vastly different; they don't even use the same calender system even if the context of their traditions are the same. For example, in Armenia, they celebrate Christmas on January 6 but in America, that's December 25. Yet, both have the same meaning of Christmas.

Sea: Go to a regular church anywhere in America. Do you see people selling Christmas ornaments in the month of December to get more money for the church? No. They only preach about Jesus. If a church does that, then that's in violation of the Bible since religion is free and its never sold.

Soil: Remember this; if megachurches in America are selling stuff every week on their property before the sermon begins, then they are engaging in business activities than religious ones. Therefore, we will treat them like businesses. Buying them out and converting them into convention centers are better than a pastor misleading their people to follow his beliefs and get them to stay in a church that has more people than space for personal spiritual consultation. Nowhere in the Bible does it say for one to build a church the size of a convention center. The purpose of a church is to be a community center. Everyone knows that. What we're doing is actually helping uphold church traditions because megachurches deviate a lot from the Bible and they use unnecessary amounts of modern technologies in their churches.

Star: A church is for peace right? People go in there, the atmosphere is quiet, and the pastor speaks in a calm tone.

Levon: Okay; I didn't catch that detail. And you speak the truth; there is no difference in the sin level between saying you're going to hell for buying the church out, and selling goods on the church grounds.

Cripto: The day you celebrate it is two days before my birthday. Elvis Presley and American game show host Bob Eubanks were also born January 8.

Star: Remember that we spare most churches since we come from Christian families too even if we act agnostic. Smaller churches for example, we leave them alone because they serve as community centers and they usually do not sell anything on church grounds. The church we went to in Wildcat City is an example of how a church should function. The big churches like Lakewood Church in Houston for example, those are the churches we have issues with.

Sky: Zachary once said this; in America, if a church is bigger than a typical government building, then that church needs to be observed carefully because if a church expands it size that it becomes bigger than most government buildings, then that's a recipe for disaster because it can break the separation of Church and State in America. Building size correlates with the building owner's influence in society believe it or not. Yes in America, as you know, we have the separation of the Church and State for a reason. Plus, we allow freedom of religion too in our Constitution.

Super C: Do you four consider yourselves agnostic? We didn't know that.

Cripto: In the past, that's something else that would have upset Grandma. The weird thing is that she wants to be a better person, but she's spent the last few days wallowing in self-pity. She'll grow out of it, just like she did when she berserk and cleaned my house because I was too lazy to do it according to her.

Star: No Super C we are not agnostics; we only act like them because we only identify ourselves as Christians but we are not too devout to it like the average Christian. Agnostics acknowledge the existence of religion but do not follow one. The reason why we identify ourselves as Christian is that we often link science with the Bible; especially with the references of the Kashrut dietary laws in the Old Testament in the Book of Leviticus. Plus, we came from Christian families. Kashrut may not apply to Christians because that's more or less a Jewish thing but a lot of the food quality control that is done today is based off from Kashrut. History builds upon itself. So in other words, Kashrut to us is more or less a science thing.

Soil: The concept of halal derived from Kashrut though halal is associated with Islam. Plus, something important to know is that all things that are kosher are also halal. This isn't just a religious thing; there's a lot of science in this. Yet, during the heydays of Al-Qaeda, they think anything that is cooked and made by a Jew is evil when in reality, its actually good for everybody. Israeli Christians and Muslims don't mind about their government enforcing the Kashrut dietary laws across their country because at least everybody can agree on something together and that they have more in common than they think.

Sea: *To Cripto.* I'm starting to think that almost a hundred years ago, the idea of individualism is threatened. If America is about being an individual, then why should the expectation of an American have to be Christian regardless of background?

Sky: That and we should be differentiating ourselves from other diverse countries where in America, if you are an American citizen, you're American even if you're Muslim, black, Asian, or whatever. The idea about America is that society shouldn't force you to think exactly like them. America is where you can be part of a society and still be yourself. A lot of other diverse countries have trouble with that concept due to their history. Brazil is a diverse country but nearly everybody is Catholic because Portuguese colonists promoted the religion and at the time, to be a Brazilian citizen, you must be Catholic first or be willing to convert to it. In America, you don't need to convert to a religion to be part of a country. More diverse countries are picking up that idea since we now live in the modern times where we can be what we want on our free time. There will be Christianity though; we just want Christianity to be preached the way its supposed to be preached. Pastors should not talk about politics, personal beliefs, and all that. Christianity is love, community, and helping out.

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Super C: Oops; sorry.

Cripto: That's a good question.

Leo: And I have discovered through further research that Kayne tried to make street preachers illegal. Years later, while one was out and about yelling at everybody, it led to an auto accident, and the victim sued the preacher for a whopping $5,000, which at the time (1928) was quite a fortune. $10 then equals $138.89 now.

Cripto: So that's $69,445 in today's cash?

Leo: Exactly.