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1. Create religion
2. ...
3. Profit!
1. Create religion
2. ...
3. Profit!
I think this is one of the few cases where you don't need a step 2, or step two is "get followers". Not much more needed beyond that.
“You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.” —L. Ron Hubbard