Many of you may have received an email stating that the planet Mars (God of War!) will be closer to Earth in August than it has been in the last 5,000 years and will be again for perhaps even 60,000 years. Guess what: You’ve been the victim of an Internet hoax!
Whenever I receive one of these kinds of emails I always go check snopes.com before forwarding it.
In August of 2005 The God of War will not be the closest it has been to Earth in 5,000 years. The interesting thing, however, is that this email has been recycled from 2003 when it was true. Read details at http://snopes.com/science/mars.asp.
I’m sure that this idea of Once True but Now False is analogous to, or has some application to our understanding of the Restored Gospel, but I don’t have time to flesh it out right now. Maybe you all could help me. Are there spiritual hoaxes that present things that were Once True but are Now False? And how can we protect ourselves from them?