It's notable that organized religions use precisely the same techniques as the "you can win!" scammers. Want something? Pray to your god(s)! Something doesn't come? Well, either (a) you weren't praying hard enough or in the right way, or (b) your god knew you needed to wait for it. But don't worry, in the end (the very end) you get to go to candyland in the sky! As the Catholic Church demonstrated for over a thousand years, the religious scam can be the most profitable of all and there are always millions born every year who are ripe for the picking.