The Gininderra Christian Church in Canberra recently passed out a leaflet to members warning of the perils of Harry Potter books. The tract, purporting to show how the books seduce readers into Satanism, was largely plagiarized from the satirical Web site The Onion. No one realized the piece was fictional. "We just wanted to let people know what was happening around the place and what people were saying," the pastor explains.

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