Now This Is Pretty F’d up, Right Here…

Alternate title, “Why ‘prosperity christianity’ is taking hold in America“:

She has learned to live without the prescription medications she is supposed to take for high blood pressure and cholesterol. She has become effusively religious — an unexpected turn for this onetime standup comic with X-rated material — finding in Christianity her only form of health insurance.

“I pray for healing,” says Ms. Eisen, 57. “When you’ve got nothing, you’ve got to go with what you know.”

(Edit to add:

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose…)