[Verginius Rufus]

The giveaway that it is a parody is that it claims that Shintoism is derived from Buddhism. The Japanese were practicing Shinto long before they ever heard of Buddhism.

[Lancey Howard]

The giveaway that it is a parody is that it claims that Shintoism is derived from Buddhism

I found the gieaway in the third paragraph:

It is fundamentally a religion of peace.

[NonZeroSum]

Note the category: Political Humor...

Also note that tomorrow is the sixty-fifth anniversary of the attack...

Obviously the author was using the occasion to mock the "Loose Change" morons.