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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/16/2008 9:42:47 AM
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bluestone
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and another thing: If it is worth passing on to others, it is worth a cut&paste to CLEAN UP ALL THE FORWARDED ARROWS!!!!!!!
If it is too much trouble to do that, then it is not worth sending it on to others.
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/18/2008 8:17:57 AM
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armydude
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exactly. and most people, if you email them back that is it not true...they get mad.
I've gotten to where I send the snopes link (a direct link to explain the hogwash they just sent).
You wouldn't believe some of the excuses I hear. "Well it's a cute story!" or... "Well _______ told me it was true!"
Oy. It took me less than a minute to find the truth. What was so hard about that?
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/18/2008 9:25:04 AM
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armydude
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Amen. God loves us, and I'm pretty sure that my refusal to give in and forward an email doesn't make me "ashamed of Jesus". Especially since everyone around me in school and on every job I've had in the last several years knows that am a Christian and that Jesus is the focus of my life, not email.
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/18/2008 9:39:22 AM
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10SNE1?
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Certain members of my husband's family are constantly forwarding these things.
My biggest issue is with the ones which falsely accuse a company or company executive of some alleged "anti-Christian" action or statement. And, of course, include a call for all good Christian to boycott ABC company. 
This is called " false witness" people and the Bible has some pretty strong things to say about that, along with gossiping and slandering.
Yep, I have forwarded snopes.com information to them many times.
Funny, they never feel the need to repent, confess and try to set the record straight.
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/18/2008 9:44:45 AM
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armydude
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True... That goes back to the "Well _____ told me it was true!" Like that absolves them of any responsibility for spreading a lie.
I'm like, "You may not have known it was a lie, but you know now. So what are you gonna do?"
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/22/2008 4:24:38 PM
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spazkitty
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I get these all the time at work. I really don't like chain letters regardless of their origin. However, I do read them; and, if I like the message, I'll forward it with a little note that that person does not have to pass it on and that I don't believe in the silly warnings and such. I let them know that I was just thinking about them and I care about them. I just tell them to ignore the rest! A lot of the messages contained in the emails are quite beautiful and worth sharing.
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/22/2008 6:03:33 PM
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DenimDiva
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For the most part, I don't mind them. However, if I do forward them, I remove the bottom that says to pass it on to X amount of people. There are some that look Godly, but when you check out the e-mail against the Bible, it doesn't stack up at all.
It does get irritating that there are some people who will spend all that time forwarding e-mails and not bother to return my phone call just to chat with them and see what's new in their lives...
I guess I know what's new for them, nothing..... which is why they forward tons of e-mails to me.
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/24/2008 6:15:57 PM
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cathyparker
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You know what they say... if it seems too good to be true, it probably is!
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/24/2008 7:45:51 PM
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davelinde
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superstition dressed up pretty is still superstition.
I don't even bother to snopes any more, the stories are rarely true.
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/24/2008 8:00:02 PM
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armydude
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superstition dressed up pretty is still superstition.
I don't even bother to snopes any more, the stories are rarely true.
From time to time, I actually enjoy looking it up and emailing the person back to say... Guess WHAT?
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/24/2008 10:11:31 PM
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oldmethuselah
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Although it's pretty clear from every post-er so far that you all are in favour of chain letters of this sort, I still think they are wrong.
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/25/2008 3:45:15 PM
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lw9
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We also used to get the junk gossip e-mail from relatives until my husband started 'replying to all' with the specific link to the snopes page debunking the gossip. Yeah... took awhile but we don't get those anymore.
On a side note: Hi armydude!!  It's good to see you!
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RE: "Christian" chain letters - 4/26/2008 4:01:02 PM
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brothertodd
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although I do enjoy them, and they can be uplifting (the message) it is a poor attempt in witnessing. The key factor in witnessing is that it be personal. It is through the one on one meeting, and the chance of fullfilling a need (if you notice that Jesus did just that, i.e. woman at the well) that we have a better chance of winning souls for the kingdom
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