Just Kidding...Acid Attack Hoax

Ont August 30th this year Bethany Storo made international headlines when she reported a black woman threw acid in her face.  Well, guess what, it was a hoax This is certainly a puzzling one,claiming to be robbed and your slap yourself around a bit you can see, but to injure yourself with acid...acid?  What was she looking to have happen?  I do not see what possible benefit to this event could have been. 

In my opinion, the worst part, she claimed to be a Christian.  She deceive millions of people about a horrible assault bringing them to have concern for her.  While not everyone who claims to be a Christian is in fact a Christian, it brings a terrible witness for the cause of Christianity.  Non-Christians already have a perception that Christians are hypocrites, and this does not help.  Non-Christians will tend not to see the difference between a professing Christian and a true Christian resulting in people who may have been open to belief to just be pushed further away.