this is a super sor-hai thesis. the chinese are essentially a secular
people. sure, they pray to the jade emperor, the local deities and their
ancestors, but the lives of the chinese have always been governed by
ethics rather than religion -- confucian ethics, to be precise.

that is, filial piety and respecting the elders as the basis upon which you
build society, everyone knowing his and her place and the role to play.
of course, there is also the emphasis on education, being virtuous etc.

religion itself has never really ordered the way the chinese people live.

i'm missing the point. oh, ya ke? you know or not
there are pictographs in the pyramids supposedly
depicting helicopters & flying saucer? & so some "experts"
say the egyptian pyramid and religion and tech know-how
came from outer space.

don't be so naive lah, man. the chinese
never heard of christ or christianity, & it was a
good thing too. what happened when christianity
finally arrived in china? you got the taiping rebellion
and a quasi-christian cult.

i'm not saying christianity was the root of the rebellion,
but it certainly had the religious cult potential
to propel the anger & desperation that was building up
into a violent movement.

this whole chinese are supposed to be monotheistic argument
is just chinamen-christians-come-lately trying to
assert primacy after the fact. WE WERE FIRST!! ya, right.