If I mat speak freely, Sister, As Salaam Alaikum...
Christians are not as a general populace, accustomed to pursuit of the sciences as is the general populace of Islamic nations. In the history of Christianity, reading and writing was banned from the general population just as it was banned from the African Americans in The United States during the period of slavery in America.
This period of history in Europe is known as The Dark Ages. During this time, only the clergy, which were Catholic, and the nobility of the land, were entitled to read and write.
The reading of the Holy Bible was reserved for the priests on Sunday. (as far as I know only the rich had Bibles because they were expensive to produce), it was forebidden for the peasantry which was the general populace, to read the Bible, (and therefore it must have been forbidden for them to own a Bible as well); hence they couldn't read. (-and the nobility was in league with the church anyway so you should read Proverbs of King Solomon).
Nowadays, the Christian world is corrupted within its industry inffrastructure by usury, (and I'd have to refer to some very interesting data I found from a group I think are Yahwists, who apparently, also bellieve in the Messiah. But I won't even go there. You can find it out there.)
From this period of Euoropean history (The Dark Ages) comes the origin of advertising, which comprises pictures or 'icons' as you must know, in the representation of a name or a word identifying a person or a place or a thing, well, more specifically, a service to things common in that period.
For a better grasp of the extent of today's government corruption, look for someting out there about The Bush Conspiracy (?) and The 911 Conspiracy (?) and The Assassination of Kennedy Conspiracy..i'ts all interrelated.
Another interesting government conspiracy involved telling the general population that 'Jesus' was a 'god' and more than that, 'the son of god,'. This therefore lifted the burden of self responsibility off the weak shoulders of ordinary man and hefted it all on that big strong Jesus fellow who had the strength to die for what he believed in...oops, pardon my opinion. Anyway, it was a government conspiracy.
The power of control of the media is the means bywhich the general population is controlled or influenced today.
Do you believe in misinformation campaigns?