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MayReasonRule

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6. The con... "I'm sure you'll feel better, once you trust in the...

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 26, 2023, 07:10 PM

Feb 2023

...undying love of the hardcore believers, the unshakable faith of the fools and the dreamers, their "holy devotion" to "sins of the ages"...

Long and the short of the con is...

Machiavelli leads the Darwin Award winners down the proverbial Primrose Path.

Same as it ever was, the con man will never give a sucker an even break.

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Fruits of "Faith" [View all] MayReasonRule Feb 2023 OP

Another good 'Christian' family. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #1

Taking advantage of people's faith in religion to scam them in the name of Jesus. keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #2

Indeed... MayReasonRule Feb 2023 #3

There was the con in 2008 of a pastor running an investment scam Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #4

There was the con in 2008 of a pastor running an investment scam Farmer-Rick Feb 2023 #5

The con... "I'm sure you'll feel better, once you trust in the... MayReasonRule Feb 2023 #6