'Yolanda Bear' Message

[Tootsie Plunkette]

Internet Hoax: Parents of Murdered Virginia Tech Co-Ed Back Over 8-Year-Old.

Not a complete word-for-word steal from Grief Toll, but close.

[Buckle Up]

Thank DOYC it was false.

In the OP article the author stresses the point that the grief-stricken parents are "believers," and begs for prayer for the family, adding:

My friend had the privilege of leading the student at Tech to the Lord in 2nd grade. My heart just breaks for them.

I just can't wrap my brain around someone making this up, especially if, presumably, the author is also a "believer" and is likely sending this prayer request to people he/she knows through their common religious faith.

For someone with those beliefs, would not he/she also believe that he/she is just begging DOYC to strike them down with a bolt of lightning? I'm not saying I believe that, or that that's what they deserve. I'm saying, how can someone who professes this belief system, be so blatantly blasphemous?

[Tootsie Plunkette]

Looks like they've changed the wording of the story.

[snopes]

Looks like they've changed the wording of the story.

Yeah, after first trying the lame "What copyright infringement?" and "Oh, 'somebody' sent that to us'" excuses

- snopes

[queen of the caramels]

Why, oh why do you people insist on the truth??

Isn't a story good enough for you now?