I’m putting those types into the “malicious actors/false prophets” category. My point is that an absolute shitload of “devout Christians” fall for their bullshit too, in addition to orangeboi.
And, of course, the response is invariably “oh, goodness, we didn’t know, we were fooled!” But why the fuck not? There are entire fucking sections in your imaginary friend book that talk about literally this exact fucking thing.