I am seriously trying to figure out

When 'Murka went over the line into crazy in the medical sense. This is the sort of thing that makes me not ever want to set foot on that continent again. Science? Pah! Humbug! Zealot righteousness? Oh, yes, lots of that. Outright bigoted stupidity? Wellll.... This person is a self-proclaimed prophet. So she probably speaks in tounges as well, for all I know. I met a self-proclaimed prophet once. Who wanted me to sell stoves in Nigeria. Neither of them impress me.

What I would like to know is... who pays people like this? Must be a miracle....