"Ah, don't worry about it, it's just something we'll come up with next time this ruse runs out of steam"
Like selling insurance that never has to pay a claim.
Doesn't this mean a Reformation is on the way?
Right. The reformation also spawned the protestant church. Joel Osteen doesn’t exactly embody the anti-indulgence church either. If the reformation had led people away from the church, it would have fixed it. Instead there are multiple sides, each one pointing at the other and saying “well, we’re not like them though”.
"What offsets"?
"Ah, don't worry about it, it's just something we'll come up with next time this ruse runs out of steam"