What all these " true believers " do, is to send others running away , in double time, from the CHRIST, and Christianity. The gullible , and everybody else, should read " ELMER GANTRY " ! None of this stuff is new. Its been around for millenia.
During the Middle Ages, the very same kind of CON-MEN , would travel around , from village to town, fron town to city, from city to rural space, selling " THE TEARS OF MARY " ( rain water, water from puddles, etc.), PIECES OF THE TRUE CROSS " ( shards and splinters from any old piece of wood handy ), " THE BONES OF SAINT ( fill in the blank ) " ( chicken bones from their lunch / any old bones from any meal ) , and more flim flam. Not much seems to have changed.
That there are people alive today, especially FREEPERS, who are this gullible, naive, and afraid, is shocking. Over and over and over again, the scriptures warn against FALSE PROFFETS . If people, who claim to believe in GOD's WORD, refuse to believe the PROVEN facts against false proffets, the they are refusing to believe in GOD's holy words . In their religious fervor, they are actually REJECTING GOD and HIS beloved SON ! Because of their blind faith in a man ( men / women ) , they have lost their faith in GOD.
I do believe that we must be tolerant (oh no) of these people. I was one of those "faith" people. I was raised in it and didn't know any better. I always had questions growing up but was a submissive child and believed everything mom, dad and the pastor said. Now the people I am talking about are wonderful people but most of them have been duped. I didn't really find the truth until I was in my 30's after just reading the bible again and again and it finally sank in. One thing that happens with Faith people is they are frightened of offending God or the Holy Spirit and of course Jesus. Sometimes it just takes a while for it to sink in.
I do believe that many of these people are Christians and believe the basic doctrines of the bible but have been caught up in something they don't understand.
It is a sad situation but many of the name it, claim it people are finding the truth. Just takes time. The big guys raking in the money will never change.