Why Fake A Photo

[Longhorn]

Real photos aren't shocking enough, apparently -_-

[brewer]

Real photos aren't shocking enough, apparently -_-

Nope. Happens every day in normal life. Take a look at the magazine rack next time your out. See any unrealistic people on the covers (make up, eye lashes, hair do) Simply turn on the TV. Surf the net. More/stronger emotions are generated with fantasy than with reality.

[Brakeman]

Sometimes ya jus' gotta lie fer jesus!

[Nope]

Pyrrho's point made me think...This particular relative is very prejudice against just about every group. Seriously, I don't know there is any group that he doesn't hate except for a very small number of white, Christian people. If he posted a real photo of ISIS hurting Muslims or a Yazidi then he might risk showing compassion for someone who is not within his particular racial or religious group.

[Homeless Nutter]

[...] My question is why  would anyone go through the hassle of creating a fake meme when they could have found real photos of ISIS brutality?[...]

Because christians don't give two sh*ts about actual human suffering. Whenever anything terrible happens - they just look for an "angle", so that they can use it to further their own agenda.

Oh, well - maybe some ISIS fanatics will see that fake picture on the net and feel inspired...

[vorlon13]

At least that cross wasn't dunked in urine.

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

why not ask him?

[vorlon13]

[sarcasm mode off]

[Pyrrho]

Pyrrho's point made me think...This particular relative is very prejudice against just about every group. Seriously, I don't know there is any group that he doesn't hate except for a very small number of white, Christian people.   If he posted a real photo of ISIS hurting Muslims or a Yazidi then he might risk showing compassion for someone who is not within his particular racial or religious group.

All the more reason for a fake picture.  Most of the actual victims are not very white.  

But also the image has a prominent cross in it, and that is unlikely to be the case in a real news picture (not to mention the fact that the picture does not employ a method that seems to actually be used for their executions).

In other words, everyone who has any sense at all and knows anything about what is really going on, should be suspicious of the picture and doubt its authenticity.  Even before one finds the movie from which the image is taken and conclusively proves it to be a fake.

But religious fanatics are not known for being good at distinguishing between truth and falsehood, so the true believers are ready to be suckered by such fakery.


Edited to add:

But one can also see, from reading the replies at the Facebook page to which you provided a link, when it being a fake is pointed out, the believers don't seem to care about the truth:

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  Jasper Ballew The second picture is from Canadian horror movie, not an actual act of violence. Just letting you all know. Specifically, from the short film "Inner Depravity" by Remy Couture. Graphic, pervasive FX gore warning, the picture from the OP can be found in his gallery. http://remyfx.com/innerdepravity/inner-depravity.html
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     they do this kind of shit all the time.....for real,doesn't matter if the photo is real or not.
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     Actually, it does, Kevin. The people making this are trying to shock you and claim this is the same person. It devalues the actual atrocity of what they're actually doing. People stop trusting what they see and will not respond to the real atrocities.
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     Both of you have a point for real .
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     We all know what they are capable of, why make shit up? People who make the shit up are sick too, just in another way. Still demented.
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Libera-Da...nref=story


We see in the replies an indifference to the truth, which further explains how lies are so easily spread by religionists.

[vorlon13]

Presenting the picture as an actual ISIS atrocity is coarse.

Use of the picture as symbolism or a metaphor for heresy or blasphemy would be 'less' coarse.