I think Im getting a notion of how to do this. O.K., a carnival works because people pay to feel amazed and scared. They can nibble around a midway getting amazed here and scared there, or both. And do you know what else? Hope. Hope theyll win a prize, break the jackpot, meet a girl, hit a bulls-eye in front of their buddies. In a carnival you call it luck or chance, but its the same as hope. Now hope is a good feeling that needs risk to work. How good it is depends on how big the risk is if what you hope doesnt happen. You hope your old auntie croaks and leaves you a carload of shekels, but she might leave them to her cat. You might not hit the target or win the stuffed dog, you might lose your money and look like a fool. You dont get the surge without the risk. Well. Religion works the same way. The only difference is that its more amazing than even Chick or the twins. And its a whole lot scarier than the Roll-a-plane or the Screamer, or any simp twister. This scare stuff laps over into the hope department too. The hope you get from religion is a three-ring, all-star hope because the risk is outrageous. Bad! Well, Im working on it. Ive got the amazing part down. And the scary bits are a snap. But Ive got to come up with a hope.
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