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Prosperity Gospel. Basically, if you're a good Christian you'll be rewarded. If not, tough noogies.

It goes back further than that. The Puritans believed that if you broke your arm, God broke your arm. That if you were prosperous and wealthy, God smiled on you. That if you were poor and not doing well, God disfavored you. They would evidently slit the nose or cut an ear as punishment. the Congregationalists are the remainders of that church.

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