2:72, #376: Demons, Pinheads, and Pigs

Yeah, that's what I titled this, based on the Gerasene demoniac episode in Mark 5:1-20! Last post I cruised over the details of the episode in order to get to the Matthew 17/Elijah Principle in my last paragraph. Today at breakfast I re-read the story and came up with some other questions that may or may not have anything to do with anything, but indulge me! ;p

In verse 6 it says, "When he (the demon-possessed guy) saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him." Doesn't that seem a bit odd? Here's a guy with at least 2,000 demons inside him...a Roman Legion, John MacArthur's notes point out, had 6,000 infantrymen...and somehow he manages to run up to Jesus and worship Him...I'm assuming some sort of falling down prostrate in body position. Jesus talks to the demons in the guy and they actually "implore Him by God" not to torment him/them. Jesus cuts them a break by 1) allowing them to stay in the region, 2) letting them go into the herd of swine, and 3) apparently not tormenting them for the time being, presumably until Judgment Day. Now, some thoughts:

1) Would any Christians on the Pork Advertising Council ever consider "the demon preferred meat" to "the other white meat" in their ad campaigns, given the downhill plummet...much like the swine herd in question...of our nation of Gentiles?
2) We've just solved the flip side of the Medieval question of "how many angels can stand on the head of a pin?" by determining that at least 2,000 evil spirits can dwell in the head of a man.
3) After the herd "ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned..." where did Legion go? Did they float around in rotting pig carcasses or just hang around the region since they appeared to be territorial from their request to Jesus in verse 10 where they asked him not to "send them out of the country?" Actually the angels-on-pin-head question needs clarification: straight pin? push pin? bowling pin?
4) The Gerasene folks who showed up, saw the demoniac "sitting and clothed and in his right mind" were afraid and began to plead with Him to depart from their region. Were they afraid they would end up in their right minds? Did Legion scoot into them once the piggies were afloat?
Did they get bent out of shape because their BBQ would have to be canceled? Or would they just have fished for swine and held a massive BBQ instead?
5) What do you think was the ex-possessed guy's evangelistic success rate once he started going around Decapolis? Maybe it was as good as the ex-Pharisee, Saul's, in other regions of the Middle East and Asia Minor. It'll be interesting to talk to the guy at the Marriage Feast, presupposing we get to do stuff like that there. (Should that be "There" as a proper noun?)

Well, "Ashokan Farewell" (the theme song for Ken Burns' Civil War) is providentially playing on my New Mellow List, so I believe the Spirit is moving me to bid y'all "Adieu...grace and peace throughout the day!!"