You don't have to go back that far for examples of people believing utter bullshit.
In Chapter 6 of "On The Historicity of Jesus" Richard Carrier writes:
I'm equally sure that there are morons who think that Ronald McDonald is a real clown, too!
In Chapter 6 of "On The Historicity of Jesus" Richard Carrier writes:
Quote:In 1945 Betty Crocker was rated in a national survey as the second most admired woman in America, and to this day a street is named after her in Golden Valley, Minnesota, where she still lives. Her father was William Crocker, a successful corporate executive in the food industry, and she started her career answering letters on cooking questions for her father's company, then acquired her own national radio show where she delivered cooking advice for twenty-four years. Later she had her own television show, while making appearances on other TV shows and in TV commercials to promote her products. I've seen actual video tapes of her cooking and speaking, and her picture still adorns various General Mills baking products. She has also published several cookbooks, and now has her own Website. All that is 100 percent true. And yet she doesn't exist. She was never born, never lived, never spoke, never appeared on TV, and never wrote a word. Others simply wrote or appeared in her name. Welcome to the world of the mythical corporate mascot.
I'm equally sure that there are morons who think that Ronald McDonald is a real clown, too!
