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See also 'prosperity gospel':

> Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, or seed faith)[A] is a religious belief among some Protestant Christians that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to religious causes will increase one's material wealth.[1]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology

* https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/9/1/15951874/prosperity-...

Dave Ramsey, who's not shy about his faith, doesn't go that far:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUJjUxyIwbA

Bishop Barron from the Catholic perspective:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ip4Jx92F94




The prosperity gospel is like something Karl Marx devised as a one-off example to illustrate his theory on the religions late stage capitalism creates.




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