Beware of out-of-this-world promises!

This past Sunday, we went road biking, and as we passed by the Mormon church, alongside our regular route, we could see all the faithful in their best attire rushing to attend the long service.

They were looking at us thinking: “Poor devils, they're biking today and they'll go to hell tomorrow, while we'll be enjoying eternal life on our own planet!”

In turn, I was catching their glance, thinking: “My poor fellows, heaven is in the here-and-now, not in some far-fetched, future promised to fools gullible enough to believe it!”

Granted, their risk from falling off their bikes and getting hurt was nil compared to us, but our chance of enjoying another Sunday-made-in-heaven was as real as it gets.

Bets or future forecast about tangible events, financial products or commodities are always risky and many times fail to quite materialize as envisioned.

Now if you try to make similar bets or seemingly scientific forecast on irrational concepts like religion, your chances of any success become much thinner, and in all practicality, are simply never going to happen.

So, get real, take a hike or go skiing, boating, golfing or even biking on weekends, in the here-and-now, and you'll be guaranteed to have fully experienced the true taste of paradise!