Quote from vhehn:
there is a reason the religious so often fall for these scams by fast talking scammers. they are taught to use faith over reason as their belief system.
if they read the bible more, they wouldnt have fallen for the scam.
Ps. 10:3 - "the greedy man curses and spurns God"
Prov. 11:6 - "the treacherous are caught by their own greed"
Jere. 6:13; 8:10 - "everyone is greedy for gain"
Lk. 12:15 - "be on guard against every form of greed; life is not in possessions"
II Peter 2:3 - (false prophets) "in their greed they will exploit you with false words"
Proverbs 21:5 - The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but the thoughts of everyone who is hasty only to poverty
Proverbs 27:23 - Know well the face of your flocks; and pay attention to your herds.
Luke 14:28-30 - For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he may have enough to finish it; lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all those seeing begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
Proverbs 13:4 - The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Or my absolute favorite verse that could've helped all these people.
Micah 7:5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend.
So you can see Vhehn that they are not taught to use faith over reason. They are only taught to put faith in God. Not faith in everything and everyone. The mormons get tripped up alot because of their false prophet. They like to read the stuff of their prophet rather than take heed of the bible which has been proven time and time again to those that read it. Mormonism contradicts many things that the bible says.
Believe it or not, alot of people that go to church never read their bible. In my opinion Church is more of a social thing to them. They are there to see their friends, and "watch a concert" as most churches seem to all have live bands. These are the same people that get fooled into scams, and believe someone when they say something just because it "sounds" like its in the bible. Some of these "phantom" bible verses are ones like "cleanliness is next to Godliness" Or "God helps those who help themselves"
Or the absolute worst one is "all roads lead to God"