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In the case of the poor, they are especially attracted to prosperity theology, also known as the health and wealth gospel.

In the ultra competitive church rackets, some outfits have chosen to "give them what they want" as their theology. Praying for health and wealth in this world seems better than hoping to get into heaven in the next one.

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Prosperity theology is not Christian, but then again neither is Liberation theology. It is a minor miracle that many Latin Americans have been able to hold onto the true faith at all.