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Christian urban legends, pious frauds, forgeries, neat stories, relics, belief systems...
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Christian Urban Legends are stories of events with a Christian theme that never happened. They are generally created by a Christian individual or group as a fictional account because they give concrete support to their beliefs.
It is important to realize that most Christians reject the validity of these stories. They probably look upon them with amusement.
Quotations:
 | "The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a person only tells them with all his might." Mark Twain. |
| "...the Christian community needs to become more vigilant in not just halting these rumors, but even running truthful accounts back in the direction from where they emerge." Focus on the Family, 1999-AUG-4 1 |
| It doesn't matter whether inaccurate information is intentionally or accidentally put in our paths, we have the obligation to know that something is accurate before we repeat it. And it doesn't matter whether the slander is directed at friends or enemies." John Tartaro. |
Links to other essays in this section:
| Overview of Christian Urban Legends (CULs)
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| Individual legends from various sources which never happened:
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| Major continuing belief systems -- some lasting for centuries -- which are hoaxes:
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| Bible-related forgeries:
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| Church artifacts with miraculous powers:
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References:
- "Urban myths within the Christian community," CitizenLink, Focus on the Family, at: http://www.family.org/
- LDS Internet hoaxes and Mormon urban legends," at: http://www.ldsworld.com/
Lists of urban legends on the Internet:
| Greg Hartman's column "Christian Humor: Christian Urban Legends" on About.com™ at: http://www.christianhumor.about.com/ |
| Urban Myths by Rich Buhler at "Ship of fools: The magazine of Christian unrest," at: http://ship-of-fools.com/ |
| The Yahoo search engine: http://dir.yahoo.com/ |
| About.com: "Urban Legends and Folklore," at: http://urbanlegends.about.com/ |
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Religious Tolerance
Creation date: 1999-APR-5
Last update: 2007-JAN-14
Author: B.A. Robinson
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