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 chain mailBy: lindsay on 1/11/2006; 8:16 AM I hate chain mail just as much as the next person, especially those that claim, if you dont pass this on, then you dont love Jesus. What a cheap line to get people to keep up the chain. Yes, some of the stories are heartwarming, but honestly, I never pass on chain mail. There are times when I read a touching story, and just when I think I might pass it on, the bottom says, Pass this on if you accept Jesus into your heart. That always makes me close it without sending. Why does this turn me off so? Well, I do believe in God and Jesus and all that, but I honestly dont think that He would think I havent accepted him into my heart if I dont pass on an email. I like to think that believe means more than that. If I didnt believe in Jesus, but passed on the story anyway because its a nice story, then I would be saying something I didnt believe in. I have many extreme Christian friends who would pass those things on in a heartbeat. I get so many of them. Many are repeats. I have read the same version of the same email so many different times that I have just started pressing delete when I see one of those subject lines. I have heard, I pass them on for the inspiring stories, before and I say, Thats nice. I dont. I have heard, I feel that my love for Jesus should be proclaimed, and this is just one way to do so. My reply, So sending an email to me, your friend who already knows your love for him, is proclaiming it? That makes a lot of sense. How stupid are these emails anyway? An example, if you truly believe in God, then send this to everyone on your buddy list. If you don't believe in God, then just ignore this...thanks. In the Bible, Jesus says...If you deny me before man, I will deny you before my Father in Heaven. My friend sent me this. Pass it on keep the faith. Yeah, so the implication is that if I do not send this email on, I am denying God. Wonderful, I dont want to deny God. Ill just send this one off right away, NOT! What annoyed me the most was the fact that some people clicked send this email as an attachment, so I had to open the email up so many times before reaching the message. If I had wanted to send this on, I would be placing an inconvenience on the next person who would send it on. If they never read the message because it was too much of a hassle, would they be denying God? I think not! There are so many chain emails out there, but these bother me the most. Oh, and if you believe in God, send this on to 5 people and your prayers will be answered. I swear! I did and Gods voice came booming into my head. Sending this on will be a sure way of getting into heaven. I promise! Really, its true! Look how easy that is to type. Every chain mail has to originate from somewhere. I bet that the person who comes up with these things arent even Christian. Thats just amusing. this was written when I was bored. not a full fledged essay or anything, so I thought I'd post it in the cauldron. It's also not finished, another reason it's in the Cauldron.
 RE: chain mailBy: Richard Davidson on 3/17/2006; 2:32 PM I hate chain mail just as much as the next person Not if I'm the next person. I like to think I hate chain mail more than anyone on Earth, unless you're talking about the kind they used to wear in England, back in the days when once a King always a King, but once a Knight is enough. I use the US Post Office to trace the origins of any chain letters, and when I find the sender, I have them killed. No so much murdered, or neatly disposed of; more like tortured slowly over an open fire on a spit. I think it's fair, and I've found a loophole in US law that allows this. You simply have to accuse them of being a terrorist, and under a provision of the Patriot Act, you will qualify for free cheese for two hundred years, the lifespan of an ocelot, or the length of an Iron Butterfly album, whichever comes first. Curiously, Jesus despised chain mail, and said so frequently, but the writers of the Bible didn't know what He meant, so they just left that bit out, choosing instead to highlight His penchant for beattitudes. Sending on a chain letter will NOT, I repeat will NOT get you into Heaven. Sending your money to Pat Robertson will, but it had better be a whole LOT of money, or it may not work. The only way to get in with less money is to send it to me. I can get you into Heaven for $1.50, as long as you send a chain letter to all your friends asking them to do the same. Make sure to send it anonymously, from someone else's house, in case they use the US Postal service to track the letter, and have you killed. If you send $3.00, I'll make sure you aren't killed, and for $11.75, I will also send you a cool, autographed T-Shirt. For $189.37, I will write you your own story, and it won't be one of my other stories with the name of the lead character scribbled out, and your name penciled in, like the BBB alleges.
 RE: chain mailBy: Brian Webber on 4/4/2006; 3:30 AM How funny is it that I happen to be reading a book with Chainmail in the title? 
RE: chain mailBy: Richard Davidson on 4/5/2006; 10:55 PM Wait until you get to book Seven of Nine...
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