It is about money (and power and slavery).

Linda, you really need to read the links before coming to those judgements. Most of them are quite unbiased. It's simply easier to start at the top and work down than it is to start in the middle and go in circles.

People use symbols for various reasons, some are conscious decisions, some aren't. But if you are trying to say that religious leaders such as the popes and other powerful evangelicals, and people making these decisions within govt institutions are not educated or conscientious in that regard you will have a very difficult time persuading me.

In your case, you may use a certain symbol for whatever reason simply because you are accustomed to it, you are comfortable with it, you've seen it a lot, it's ingrained in your memory. In that regard, even though it's an unconscious decision, it could tell me quite a bit about you. Where you are from, some of your cultural beliefs, etc. In the case of me wanting to manipulate you, I could build a webpage, use the symbols that I know you are accustomed to and comfortable with, offer you a product and know that you will probably be likewise comfortable dealing with my company even though my products aren't the best. Chances are good you will have more confidence in my company because it's designs and visuals 'feel' so familar to you, and even comfort you. In the case of more subversive tactics, I could use those same symbols to even possibly hurt you when you least expect it or even use them to even entice you to do something you, as an innocent person, normally would not do.

People are extremely visually orientated, whether they are literate or illiterate. And the more accustomed we are to certain symbols, or rituals for that matter, the less likely we are to reject them, even when they represent evil or some form of it that we, as the general public, are not fully aware of. People make associations based on visual imagery. Try painting a big swastika on your car and driving around London. see what kind of reaction you get from various different groups of people. Tatoo a very visible serpent on your arm and see if that helps you get the teaching job you desire. Then try painting a cruxifix on your arm and see if that help makes certain other people more receptive to you.

I have no idea what the NWO and it's proposed WCC church will do with the muslims. A lot of Christians may be bait but the muslims will never accept merging with people of diverse beliefs. I think sometimes that the fire we see in their current movement which is really taking on life among them, even in it's extreme forms, is really something to watch in that regard. In a certain sense, they appear to provide the largest like-minded and united body to fight the WCC. On the other hand I also wonder if they aren't being setup for slaughter at some future point and the rest of the world will sigh in likewise anticipated and setup relief and not raise a finger to help them because of the recent behavior of their extreme factions.