My ex girlfriend went to The Ridge church in Greenfield. They have a guarantee that if you give money, it will come back to you and more. Well... she was giving 130 per month and it definitely did not come back to her. I brought this up more than once. She ignored my truthful negative comments. Of course she was to embarrassed to call them on it!

Yep... dumb luck. But its luck.

You seem to be at odds with your post when you say the Prosperity theology is rubbish and then state there may be something to it. There will be a time when the younger son will fail and have to ask his older brother how did he deal with it and ultimately succeed. It also depends on how much others do for the younger son. People like doing things for others up to a point. If he never broaches that point he's fine.

Your post rambles among unrelated topics. As for the "prosperity gospel" it is simply a perversion of Christianity, saying that if you follow Christian dogma, you will be rewarded with success and wealth in this life, as well as in afterlife. Original Christian theology never claimed that. In effect, it is also saying that , no matter HOW a person acquires his or her wealth, the fact that the person has wealth shows that God approves of the person.

It is tripe designed intentionally to say, in effect, that greed is good, and to placate the greedy. It is peddled by demagogic charlatans who see it as a means of acquiring wealth and power for themselves.

Confidence, a 'can do' attitude, and a willingness to seize an opportunity when it is presented is what 'luck' is all about. Physical appearance can skew things a bit when dealing with other people, but even that is not an insurmountable barrier to getting what one really wants. The biggest deterrent to doing what one wants is the randomness of life itself and ones personal limitations.

Luck, fate, and destiny do not exist anywhere but in the mind.