Hope...

Well, I came to realise as I was walking home from my girlfriend's apartment. All beliefs play on the fact that you, the believer, put hope into your belief. And certain parties take advantage of this and this can send you through a wild goose chase. Let me show you how...

Well, if I am a well known religious figure, and you so happen to come to me for some advice on you getting a partner of some sort. Then, out of no where, I pull a statement out of my bag and say, "A family man will cross your path today." Remember, I am a religious man, and you come to me asking for my advice and whatever I say will be devine to you. Whereas, I can simply say a vague term like 'Family man' and you're off. And it so happens you see a man walking some distance away from you with a basket of fresh laundry. And so happens, you know the fella from Gym and it is his habit to be walking along that path with his fresh laundry daily. Then, the prophecy is true?

Such is the power of hope.

Such hope can easily be manipulated. Lenin took control of Russia after the war because he gave them hope. The Russian peasants were poor, they were helpless, and they had nothing! So out came a man, claimed that he will give them Food, Jobs, and Possesions. And thus, he became their dictator. and we all know how everything unfolded in the Lenin-Stalin Era. KGB, oppression, Secret police, living in fear...

The same goes for religion. There are so many jokers out there who claim they have direct access to God and this and that. So, the most important thing that I must highlight here is that you must look for the truth by blocking out the vague statements in religion like "You will be in paradise if you do good."

Paradise? Some paradise can be bought with money. If you give someone the playboy mansion, that's their paradise. Good? Some people think that being a good man means giving loads of money to charity, even if the money had been gained through unlawful channels.

so... Be careful what you put your hope into.