Among the first page of results for me include:
“Atheism is inconsistent with the scientific method” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19445855
“You don’t need religion to find /r/atheism obnoxious” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19087955
“When atheists lack the courage of their convictions” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18425245
Also cultural articles are shared and commented on like most everything else that the community here finds interesting. Asking why this is on hacker news is just lazy virtue signaling tbh.
Isn't it obvious? A lot of HN readers are interested in making money. This article shows one way to do it.
Combine prosperity gospel with MLM, buy some YouTube ads for the right demographics and in front of the right videos, and you've got yourself a nice self-growing tax sheltered business that is politically infeasible to regulate. It's not like Zuckerberg has any scruples either.