Art, you're a bloke after me own heart!!

LH, I would suggest your defintiion is slightly off. The most widespread religion in the world today is the High Holy Church of the Physical Universe (HHCOPU). Materialism is a mere splinter group under the higher umbrella of the Planetary Archdiocese.

Some of its mantras:

If it isn't physical, it isn't real.

Time flies like an arrow, and only like an arrow.

No hopping over space; please go _through_!

One life per being only. No sharing!

If it isn't matter, it isn't you.

Gravity is virtue. What you give to gravity is who you are.

I am the Phsyical Universe; thou shalt have no other Universe before me.

...and so on.

The beliefs that sustain this religion are remarkably obdurate and consititute the real belief systems held by people who pretend to be Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindi, and other superficial layers of asserted belief. The cult reportedly welcomes members from all other religions and does not require conversion. According to the cult's own publications, membership is currently in the range of 1.8 billion and growing faster than any other sect.


Regards,

A