Fucking Deus Ex Machina. Why make him a "white knight who will save his friends through the power of trust" bullshit. They could have made it something better than that mate.
Religion in a whole is a scam.
Lets say that everything, or at least some part of it, is true. Some person with unknown intentions created a religion. Then some bastard will use it to manipulate the masses, scam the people, and bunch of other crap. Faith can be easily exploitable, which is...