Are wishes for real?

Since i've started comprehending things, the greatest question that revolves in my mind is the existence (or not) of 'the' superpower also called by some people as 'god'....

(My views on this can go on for pages and pages so lets pack that and consider a part of the big question)

Are wishes for real?

Yeah I mean when we were kids we were taught stuff like wishing and praying and even stupid stuff like blowing your eyebrow's hair and wishing for something. Another funda was the shooting star one. What the hell? What can possibly a shooting star have to do with some of your wish coming true or now?
If there is some power reading our thoughts and granting our wishes ,won't it be stupid. I mean what kinda game is this when someone creates life as such and then watches all of us (creating more every damn year) and then reads our thoughts and then grants our wishes.


When i thought of this , only one possible explanation came to my mind. The funda of 'hope'. Too cheer people up and tell them that -'hey , you are not alone dude. Theres one cool superpower thats gonna watch your back and protect you from things and grant your wishes if they are true'
Actually if you look at it , this funda of 'not alone' would have given man a lot of peace of mind and happiness when he got to know about it . So came in religion and other beliefs.

What I fail to understand it that why can't people realize this cacophony and start living for real. (like neo and co. did in the matrix) Hope is good guys but what has to be realized that hope gives you expectations and when something doesn't happen in accordance with your 'dream' you feel like hell...Does the theory of evolution doesn't make sense to all? Why is it that you want to live in the dreamy world when you know at the back of your mind that its all an illusion? And religion , ha ha ha , Its like the first weapon of mass destruction that man ever created. Looking at the destruction and chaos that has brought in the life of men is preposterous.

(If any of you agree with what all theories i have conceived then please do read the 'Book of Satan' )