How one man on Facebook got people to pray for a dog with ham on its face

And now everyone has egg on theirs.

Last week, a man called Stephen Roseman decided to post this photo to Facebook with the caption:

"This poor dog was badly burned and disfigured trying to save his family from a house fire. One like = one prayer, One share = ten prayers."

And some people, god love them, got on board, exchanging shares and likes for prayers - which is nice but there was just one small problem.

That's a slice of ham on the dog's face. Which Facebook users gleefully pointed out.

It's since gone viral, with over 117,000 shares on Facebook alone. And while some were annoyed at the prank, others were more concerned as to whether the poor dog ended up getting to eat the ham.

Stephen explained his motives:

"People, people this isn't even my dog, I found this picture on fascistbook, stole it, and decided to use it in a prank to fool these religitards"

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That's them told?