One of my favorite movie classics is " Elmer Gantry " starring Burt Lancaster. It is a historic slice of the bible belt , where Lancaster as a carnival barker and hustler ,when he sees an evangelical revival meeting , and decides he can thump that bible better than any one there , in doing so reaps a windfall of donations , he has the epiphany of greed , people will pay handsomely,  to be told that god loves them , and continues his performances, at the cost his conscience. Art imitates life.