Preachers and urban legends
I'm still surprised by people who don't know about sites like Snopes and Truth or Fiction . I have to chuckle to still see such things in my inbox like Microsoft is paying people to forward emails , warnings that the FCC is about to ban Christian programming , or that the aspartame in artificial sweetener is going to kill or maim me . Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter breathe new life into false rumors while creating new opportunities for misinformation. How many of you, after hearing about the death of Osama bin Laden, saw this fake quote that was supposedly from Martin Luther King Jr. ? I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. It's definitely quotable, but misapplied. So, what about rumors that preachers unwittingly spread? Trevin Wax has posted several you may have heard (HT: JT ): The “eye of the needle” refers to a gate outside Jerusalem. The high prie...