Throughout history and around the world, believers have misunderstood or distorted the Bible's teachings, binging spiritual and emotional harm, even costing countless people their lives. Among the dozen instances discussed here are the Ku Klux Klan, quoting Scripture to justify racism; the Fourth Crusade, which saw Christians slaughtering each in the name of the Church; Detroit's Prophet Jones, extorting money from his followers; and the missionaries to Australia, some of whom were complicit in the genocide of the Aborigines.