Morals of life

I just don't get. Religion is supposed to be the big morality provider and yet throughout history it has been proven that the biggest hypocrite when it comes to morality is the religious zealot or as he so likes to be called the 'evangelist'. You just have to look back through the past at how many evangelical Christians have been arrested for fraud or extortion...an awful lot. Even Joseph Smith the revered originator of the Mormon religion was arrested for fraud just before he 'invented' the myth for which he is now renowned.

I can see now the Mormons chomping at the bit and the majority of Christians nodding in agreement. :"Oh yes that Joe Smith was so obviously a fake". As much as I would agree with them I would also have to say that the only reason we know Mr smith was a charlatan was the fact that he lived recently within living record, and yet still millions of people believe he is a prophet. What does this say about Jesus or Mohamed? Guys that lived before reliable records and whose followings took remarkably longer to take hold. The fact that people follow a person or write positive things about a person does not make him divine; Joseph Smith should be testament to this fact. Humans need to believe in something, and if someone is charismatic enough then they will follow him. Jesus started a cult, as did Joe Smith, Jesus gave rules on living, as did Joe.
How are people supposed to believe in 2000 year old scripture when we see millions of others believing in a book that talks about magic underpants. We are not even going to mention Xenu and his DC10.