{"id":1205,"date":"2013-04-11T06:30:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lisahendey\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2015-03-12T16:50:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:50:26","slug":"what-the-pastor-joel-osteen-hoax-teaches-us-about-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lisahendey\/2013\/04\/what-the-pastor-joel-osteen-hoax-teaches-us-about-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Pastor Joel Osteen Hoax Teaches Us about Ourselves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

$\"\"$ <\/a>My technology segment on today\u2019s episode of the Sonrise Morning Show dealt with this week\u2019s elaborate hoax targeting Pastor Joel Osteen<\/a>\u00a0of Lakewood Church in Texas. If you\u2019re unaware of the details of the elaborate ruse, here\u2019s a rundown<\/a>. In short, a fake website was launched and tricked many into thinking that Joel Osteen had denounced his faith in Christianity.<\/p>\n

The website was quickly proven to be false \u2014 there should have been a clue when you looked at the misspelling of Osteen\u2019s last name in the URL.<\/p>\n

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@petro6239<\/a> It is a false rumor: Pastor Joel is not leaving the church. -JOM Team<\/p>\n
\u2014 Joel Osteen (@JoelOsteen) April 8, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n