Alan,

Most excellent satire well beyond the snigger/snort/ chortle range.

The Prosperity Churches sure took a ledger page out of the RCC's playbook.

Their obscene accumulation of wealth is staggering 'beyond belief' and Joel 'Osteen-tacious' is just one glittering example of the costly glorified placebo effect.

Your writing made me think of Tom Robbins once again and who opined, "Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide."

Thanks again. Absolutely loved: "...the promise of an afterlife ensures that there can be no awkward customer complaints that could require the disbursal of refunds."