Always. In fact people in the first world now are much MUCH more jaded and less credulous than even city-dwellers in ancient times were. You wouldn't believe wh

Always. In fact people in the first world now are much MUCH more jaded and less credulous than even city-dwellers in ancient times were. You wouldn't believe what people in isolated villages would have fallen for a few thousand years ago. Consider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycon > When the people gathered in the marketplace of Abonutichus at noon, when the incarnation was supposed to occur, Alexander produced a goose egg and sliced it open, revealing the god within. Within a week, it grew to the size of a man with the features of a man on its face, including long blond hair. At this point, the figure resembling this description was apparently a puppet that appeared in the temple. In some references, Glycon was a trained snake with a puppet head.