Sure it can. But it has a head start when it's based on the largely incoherent ramblings of a megalomaniac who has no credentials as a "prophet" other then his self-appointment.
His first murder victims were Jews he he thought he could fool by incorporating some Old Testament into his ramblings. They knew the Torah well enough that they immediately saw him for the lying fool he was and laughed at him, and lo and behold he suddenly gets a "revelation" about how the Jews are enemies of his fledgling religion. Just as he got one revelation after another that put a stamp of approval on whatever personally benefited him at the moment.
Even his prepubescent last wife commented on how interesting it was that his revelations so conveniently coincided with whatever he wanted.
Too bad so many today don't have the benefit of the knowledge the Jews he murdered for recognizing him as a fraud had.
Uh, the twelve apostles were for the most part, blue collar fisherman, carpenters...who probably weren't very good at their trade.
My point is only that all religion in many environments is dangerous to anyone that doesn't share the belief or ideology.