What a marvelous idea Lauren Olamina had in inventing her own religion. After all, most church leaders swear by their \u201cGod\u201d that only their church have the absolute TRUTH. But in order to get the benefits and blessings that the real God provide to this out of the ordinary church, people must be members of the only true church by baptizing and promising ten percent of their salary. After all, salvation is not free.<\/p>\n
Despite her young age, Lauren does not buy all that nonsense. Even more important, her own father is a preacher and it seems that they have a great relationship. Not only they share their birthday on the same day and that the daughter is 15 and the father 55, but also they are both spiritual leaders in their own way. She definitely exhibits the qualities of a great leader who take in consideration other people\u2019s interests and necessities and not just her own interests. If she were a politician she would be the only one that Plato once described as an ideal government leader. But there is not such a thing in planet earth and our heroine knows that.<\/p>\n
I could see that people in this novel who embrace her religion would have a better chance of survival. (Or may be not). \u00a0Laureen has an uncommon compassion for other human beings, but at the same time she could be ruthless in the sense that she speaks up her mind without caring if she hurt other people\u2019s feelings. For instance, when she refers to the Secretary of Astronautics as an \u201cIdiot\u201d. She speaks the brutal truth disregarding people\u2019s sentimentality. In reality only good friends tell the ugly truth to their friends. Hence, Earthseed have a great potential to become the greatest religion on hearth where the only incentive to its main leader is compassion and truth and not MONEY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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