"Faith healer" con artists begin their flim-flam young...

[Archae]

Mix evangelical "Christians" with con artists and you get these grifters.

Brazilian Child Healers Earn Big Bucks in Booming Business of Evangelical Christianity

Faith is sometimes so intoxicating that it can even fill the sick and suffering with the improbable hope that a 10-year-old will heal them with a simple touch.

Such child healers in Brazil are only part of the growing chorus of self-anointed miracle workers. The explosive spiritual movement is 44 million followers strong.

“Anyone can become a pastor,” Professor Eduardo Refkalefsky, who studies the business of churches in Brazil, told ABC News’ “Nightline.” “[Anyone] can open a church.”

Evangelical Christianity is the fastest growing religion in Brazil, and some say it's threatening the Catholic Church’s historical dominance in the country.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/brazilian-child-healers-earn-big-bucks-booming-business/story?id=24380739

[LeftyMom]

1. Same shit, different day.

[Hestia]

2. First we had Shock Doctrine, now Shock Theology - is there nothing predatory that we won't export?

[xfundy]

3. Nothing's more profitable

than the religion industry. Sad thing is, most of these kids have probably been brainwashed to believe they really do have "powers."