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  • 2017-11-02 (xsd:date)
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  • Iceland Mandates Mental Health Warnings on All Bibles? (en)
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  • On 30 October 2017, the blog Laughing in Disbelief published an entry reporting that Iceland had passed a law requiring that mental health warnings be placed on all Bibles: Laughing in Disbelief is part of the Patheos network of religion-themed blogs. Although the majority of blogs in this network focus on spirituality, Patheos also has a non-religious section that publishes humorous content. Laughing in Disbelief, which resides in the non-religious section of Patheos, includes a disclaimer page that explains its content is satirical in nature: The entry about Iceland and Bibles also featured a few obvious indications that the story was nothing more than a canard. In fact, the article quoted a fictional Icelandic Prime Minister named Andrew Canard: Iceland's real Prime Minister at the time was Bjarni Benediktsson. This is at least the second time that Laughing in Disbelief published an item about Iceland's supposedly having passed laws to restrict the influence of religion in that country. In June 2017, for example, the blog posted a fabricated bit about Iceland's banning Southern Baptists from entering the country. (en)
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