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Beginning in June 2022, readers may have seen a meme that claimed to show a picture of a couple who were unable to conceive a child having sex onstage in the middle of a church service. The meme read, Couple unable to have children has intercourse in the middle of an evangelical worship service to receive God's blessing. However, despite the more than 99% of Reddit commenters who appeared to instantly believe the meme, no, this was not an accurate caption. The meme may have been based on a tweet from May 30, 2022. It read, Pastor asked married couple struggling to conceive to have sex inside church, and in full view of congregation so that they can also pray for them to conceive. This was not true. According to reporting from KanyiDaily.com, Facebook posts and comments from people associated with the church provided an explanation of what the two people were doing onstage. The website published that the picture showed two women, not a man and a woman, at a church named Alianç Restaurada in Belém, Brazil. In the photograph, the woman on the bottom apparently fainted, which prompted the church to reenact something that was described in the Bible. The verses referenced in the reporting were 2 Kings 4:32-35: On the Facebook page for the church, we found at least three other examples of the red cloth appearing in pictures, apparently being used for this same purpose:
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