Why Do So Many People Wait for a Savior Instead of Saving Themselves?

1. Chinese culture has long said: You can't rely on gods

In China, we grow up hearing a line:

"There has never been a savior, nor gods or emperors to rely on."

Our mythology never teaches you to kneel and wait. Nezha defies heaven. Sun Wukong rebels against the celestial order. Yu the Great didn’t pray away the flood-he moved earth and rock.

The gods in our…