INTROSPECTION - religion was the first grand-scale comfort zone provided to the masses

There still are those people who expect that something or someone else will solve their problems and that they are bound to have their problems solved. Some time. Not sure whether during this life time :D
You know what they say, not transcending your cycles means you will have to in the upcoming incarnations.
"Expectation is the anti-chamber of disappointment." - Miyumi Kurokami