What is the origin of these spam e-mails with bible verses in the subject lines?

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   sarairisheyes on February 1, 2009 at 4:39 am

   Hi there….I also have received these strange emails and found the answer as to the origin and purpose on Wikipedia..here’s a brief excerpt from the link..”After these nonsense subject lines were recognized as spam, the next trend in spam subjects started: Biblical passages. A program much like Mark V Shaney is fed Bible passages and chops them up into segments. The reasoning is that this text, very different from the writing style of today, will confuse both humans and spam filters.
   Another method used to masquerade spam as legitimate messages is the use of autogenerated sender names in the From: field, ranging from realistic ones such as “Jackie F. Bird” to (either by mistake or intentionally) bizarre attention-grabbing names such as “Sloppiest U. Epiglottis” or “Attentively E. Behavioral”. Return addresses are also routinely auto-generated.”
   I guess it goes to show that spammers will put anything in the email just to get you to open it and read their nonsense and try to get your info.!