Under Christian doctrine, everything on earth is subject to Satan's influence -- especially PEOPLE. [See related material in "Superstition and Guidance."] Furthermore, man is born with "original sin" (meaning that everyone is inherently flawed!). So the "Christian" recipe for distrust is this: Take man's essential fallibility, combine that with Satan's omnipresent influence, and NOW you know why you shouldn't trust anybody -- from a "Christian" point of view.