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why do people send (or forward) group emails that threaten your religious beliefs?
for years i have received countless emails from well intentioned (i assume) emailers that question my morality or religious beliefs in ways that are totally inappropriate and completely ridiculous - and in a group email format! the latest gem of an email was about how if you wanted to get rich you needed to say a prayer to jesus and forward the message to eleven people within an hour. if you did what the email demanded you would be rewarded with untold riches. if you do not pray and forward this email to eleven lucky recipients a plague would visit your household and nary will a pfennig come through your door. i loved the time element of the message “this email will cause you irreparable harm if you do not act within one hour.” how about throwing in free shipping while you are at it?
i read this email with a growing level of disbelief. when did group emails become the forum for religious demagoguery? why am i on this person’s email list? did the sender even consider how offensive this might be to a christian, let alone buddhist, muslim or jew? does anyone know how stupid they sound forwarding emails that offer salvation and/or damnation?
when i started with the email thing i assumed that some religious folks would use the internet to their advantage, prey on the weak minded and ask for money. but i have received all of these emails from friends and family and none from the usual suspects – the moral majority, the 700 club et al.
one prince of an email was about the pepsi boycott that some good christians were mounting because a new patriotic pepsi can would not have the words ‘in god we trust’ on the packaging. the email then threatened me to forward it if i believed in good or delete it if i was a spineless twit. i chose the latter and let the sender know it was time to drop from the list of the enlightened.
if someone wants to boycott a company for separating church and commerce because they are so religious and only buy products with god on the package they will be hungry and thirsty for a long time. last time i looked there are NO food products in my supermarket with god on the label, unless you count kosher foods. jesus does not have a mention on anything edible i have bought in my lifetime. however, the author of this email was hell bent on putting pepsi in its place for not putting god on the label and i was to be held in contempt in “HIS” eyes if i did not follow suit.
people – if you believe in god that is great, i am proud of you. that is very noble. i too look to a higher power when a loved one is ill or my baseball team is losingl. seriously, i do believe in a spiritual force but it does not compel me to threaten your belief system if you do not forward this link to everyone you know. if you do forward it, however, you will reap riches beyond you wildest fantasies.
one additional email note: do the penis enlargement folks keep a list of those who have already taken advantage of the enlargement? does the guy who already received his first three or four inch ‘improvement’ qualify for an additional growth spurt? if i followed through on all of the emails that promised an extra three inches, tons of sperm and better stamina i would have a permanent erection in my sixteen foot dick that would shoot off like a geyser on the hour.
until next time
ray
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