On the 12th of January 2020, I saw a video entitled "Scam Callers Threaten Apex Police Captain with Arrest". The video is just over 12 minutes long, and shows said Police Captain talking with the scammers.
The scammers claim there are several charges against the Captain, and in order to "verify" that they are talking to the right person, attempt to get her to divulge several very personal details that should never be given out over the phone. As the title suggests, they claim that some police officers will be coming to arrest her for failure to cooperate with them.
This is an example of identity theft. The scammers claim to represent the IRS, which they ultimately use to steal money from people. Despite their claims, they actually do not represent the government. They have no authority from the government, and are actually acting against the government. I expect by this point, they will even have faced the consequences for this.
Now, how many people do you think would blame the government for the actions of these scammers? If a person falls for the scam, gives out their bank details and loses money, that is not the government's fault. The government explicitly forbids impersonating its members. You cannot legally claim you are a police officer, a bailiff, an employee of the IRS etc. unless you actually are. If you do these things in any other context than a theatrical performance, you will face legal consequences. Therefore, the government is innocent of the actions of these scammers.
Nevertheless, these scammers persist. In spite of the fact they obviously know the government A. exists and B. will punish them if they commit this crime, they still commit the crime. And so the question is, if people are willing to risk legal consequences by falsely acting in the name of a government agency, is it not possible that other people are willing to falsely act in the name of God? Answer: yes! And yet, apparently, sceptics are unwilling to apply the same logic to God as to the government.
We do not hold the government responsible for the actions of those who disobey them, even if those who disobey them claim to be obeying them, or acting in their name. Why, then, do we hold God responsible for the actions of those who disobey Him? Even if they act in His name, they are doing so under false pretences. It is utter folly to do so. You can't blame God for con artists like Joel Osteen because Joel Osteen wouldn't know God if He came down from Heaven just to smack him in the face with a Bible. You can't blame God for a paedophile priest because, frankly, the entire Catholic Church is a fraudulent organisation. You can't blame God for Westboro Baptist Church because the Bible says whoever does not know love does not know God. You can point to 10, 100, 1,000 examples of people claiming to be Christian who do or did horrible things, it would still be illogical to blame God for it.
The thing is, even a true Christian would not count against Christianity. First, the Bible tells us quite clearly that the entire human race, even the most faithful Christians, are sinners. If any Christian tells you he is not a sinner, he is lying (and based on 1 John 1:8, I would go so far as to say such people are definitely not Christians). So, if anything, a sinning Christian does more to prove Christianity than to disprove it. Not that I'm endorsing sin, of course, but when it inevitably happens, it's not a point against Christianity. If anything, it's a point in favor of it because the world it describes is the world we genuinely observe.
To illustrate this, let's use the analogy of corrupt police officers. Sadly, not all police officers are good. Some take bribes, some abuse their power, some are prejudiced, some are even excessively violent. But this is still not the government's fault. The corrupt police officer bears 100% of the responsibility for his corruption. Similarly, a sinning Christian is 100% responsible for his own sins. God bears no blame for a sinning Christian.
Or at least, He shouldn't. See, the thing about God is He hates sin, but loves sinners. He prescribes death as a punishment for sin, but isn't especially fond of killing people who deserve it. He gives conditions for keeping life, but wants to give life even when those conditions are violated. This puts Him in a dilemma. What do you do when you're the judge of your loved one's trial?
Bear the punishment yourself.
The entire human race sins against God, but 2,000 years ago, Jesus came to earth as a man. Jesus never sinned, but He died a sinner's death. Jesus stood before God as if He was a sinful man, and because of this, sinful men can stand before God as if we were Him. He received the punishment we deserve, and so we can receive the rewards He deserves. But faith is the condition for that. You can join the con-artists in Hell like the criminal you are, or join God in Heaven, forgiven for all your crimes.