Confolicism: What Could Have Been?

Confolicism: What could have been? There is a make believe word that should catch your eye. It is a combination of the words, Confucianism and Catholicism. Although, this word may look and sound a bit funny, this phenomenon came rather close to occurring some 400 years ago. The impact on the history of China, as well as, the rest of the world could have been drastically different had this combination of moral philosophy and religion been …

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