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'Most Elaborate Hoax' Convinces Internet that Megachurch Leader Joel Osteen Has Rejected Christ Due to 'Lack of Hard Evidence'

Neetzan Zimmerman · 04/08/13 05:22PM

It may take a leap of faith to fall for a news article claiming that powerful megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has resigned his post citing a "lack of faith," but more than a few True Believers were willing to give a prankster the benefit of the doubt when they stumbled upon a fake letter of resignation supposedly penned by Osteen himself.