If you're poor and say that you speak to God, you're labeled as somebody with a severe mental illness and possibly institutionalized, potentially for life.
If you're rich and say you speak to God, you can run a church, funnel a ton of money into your pockets, and evade taxes.
If you're rich and say you speak to God, you can run a church, funnel a ton of money into your pockets, and evade taxes.