People that say they are Christians are believing all kinds of stupid lies they read on the internet already.
It is a huge problem that I have seen first hand in the last few years. There seems to be some kind of mental illness affecting Christians that they can't recognize a lying Meme or know how to check it against the facts.
Many of my friends that I expected to know better, don't. I am flabbergasted by it. I have tried to understand why and as yet I don't really have an answer.
Sometimes I just think to myself is "self, many people are not as intelligent as you assumed that they were." And "self, don't get a big head and think that you are gifted, because you are not."
I am suspicious that the reason that so many people believe lies is because they
want it to be true. That is probably what lies at the root of this phenomenon. But I am not really sure.