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I don't have a moral quandary with letting people spend their money on supporting their favorite religion. If it makes it easy for someone to make money off that, good for them. These people want to give away their money to feel peace of mind for their soul in whatever or whatever, and someone wants to take it, it's a mutually acceptable transaction between consenting adults. Who are you to say it's dishonest? It's religion, of course it's a fairytale, that's what the sheep are paying money for. Is Santa at a kids party dishonest too for not telling the kids there is no Santa and he's just an old geezer with a belly and fake beard?
As far as mentally disabled and senile, there are legal procedures for relatives to take over financial decisions from them, which I have no problem with. But until such time, they are free to spend their money on whatever charlatans they want.
How many people incompetent to manage their finances do you think have conservators? Since the job I do puts me in close contact with this group of people, I can assure you that this protection you propose exists but is rarely enacted. And that is supposing that a capable and interested relative exists in the first place.
But if it is your position that this woman earnestly believes in the wares she is peddling, then I agree with your moral judgment. But I still don't find justice in fools parting with their money.