Religious leaders, gurus and preachers of our times

Religious leaders of all the faiths of our times, primarily study few books, mug up verses, offer meanings and one-sided interpretations to project themselves as meritorious, well read, wise, above average, and ordained to lead public on merit of those special learnings. These preachers use every modern tool of technology from television to social media for their pursuit of clouding minds en masse.   

They never have to delve into the knowledge world of rationale, logic or science to prove their worth because millions of fools are ready to adopt them as their leaders without a blink if right trap of illusion meshed with eloquence of deceit could be set forth. 

To impress and concretise obedience they throw texts and verses interspersed with ancient or alien languages like Sanskrit, Arabic, Aramaic or Latin which  they only understand. Many a times the verses are framed by them only and presented as divine words from scriptures which the hoi polloi never get to know  about due to conditioned hypnotism they are put perpetually into by use of mythological tales as tool to charm and confuse. 

These religious leaders can be heard mostly speaking about the importance of having teachers or gurus like them as essential means to achieve final knowledge about God and to gain His pleasure. They keep constantly reminding the followers that without them happiness could not be attained nor could God be pleased. The primary topic of their discourses would always be guru bhakti. 

They are known by variety of names in different faiths bur are having  same objective of subjugation of masses into their realm. This they enjoy as much as a royal enjoys control over his subjects. This achievement of gaining servility of masses is most potently high and more powerful then strongest of the intoxication, wealth, or any physical  or sensual pleasure. This is reality of our era. 

Like Pied Piper these otherwise low wit but hugely cunning thugs lead the crowd of faithfuls happily into their doom which too is created by these thugs as bliss.