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Many of you have probably seen the round-up of \u201cThe 35 Best Times Someone on Facebook Thought\u00a0The Onion<\/em> Was Real.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0I am saddened by how many of them involve gullibility on the part of Christians. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n

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There is an entire web site, \u201cLiterally Unbelievable,\u201d<\/a> dedicated to\u00a0The Onion<\/em> being taken seriously on Facebook. Once you have finished laughing at the original satirical article in\u00a0The Onion<\/em>, you can now get additional laughs by looking to see who took it seriously!<\/p>\n

Lest any atheists think that they are immune from paranoia and foolishness<\/a>, you can check out the recent comment thread on this blog<\/a> involving a Jesus mythicist of the Zeitgeist astrotheology sort.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"