The Cargo Cult caricature of religion (Dennet and Dawkins)

This argument fails to consider whether the Islanders think escatalogically etc. because they have learned to think thus from missionaries (contaminated sample).  In fact, the "John From" version has a narrative of a character who explicitly discouraged them from listening to missionaries -- sufficient evidence that the escatological flavor of this (and likely other) version of the Cargo Cult borrows heavily from Christian preaching.  Contaminated sample.