According to Paul's letter to the Philippians, in his day there were already people preaching about Jesus for their own benefit. There are what look like some fairly obvious examples of that today, people who, for reasons I find hard to understand, are able to manipulate large numbers of people...
If your action is useful in all respects, but it reduces the likelihood of success many times (yes, even a million times), then feel free to do this action. Provided that the initial probability of success is very low (one percent or less). After all, there was no hope, only as to the God of...
Most people who follow a spiritual path, faith or religion have motivations or reasons why they consider theirs to be better suited to their needs and perhaps even to the needs of the whole world.
Can you name at least five or perhaps even more than five reasons why your path, faith or religion...