Learn the true mercy

[Ahriman]

That mentality of a "special man", chosen one, the messiah, is simply wrong. No man can know everything or be a perfect ruler or singlehandedly teach people about morality because for everything you need groups of people, as large as you can get, to discuss it and develop it, especially since they will be affected by the decisions.

And yet, it seems that this "special man" mentality is what most of today's religions preach and have been preaching for the last millennia.

That's the point of normative religion.  Mythical exemplars are supposed to be the diagram we live our lives by, and doing so....it's believed by those who accept the religion, can make -us- that special man.  Bundled way down in that onion, is the idea that no matter how many of those special people you gathered together they would be of one unitary mind on a given thing.

Well it's not like most people even have what it takes. They don't. Which is why religion is so successful.