Comments on: Spam gets religion

E-mail recipients are increasingly being offered religious salvation through bulk, unsolicited e-mail.

[Marcus Westrup]

But is it really legal?

Two thirds of internet spam are thought to be sent from hacked servers or accounts bought with stolen credit cards. Those who want to get a message out don't ask questions about how it gets done. Spiritual e-mails sent through theft of services are not legal - but how do you prove it?

And since spam goes out global, it's bound to break some law somewhere.

[Not Bugged]

Legal or not, it's rude.

Faceless messages sent at random aren't an act of love and concern. Only the ignorant would think otherwise but unfortunately the ignorant do indeed live among us.

[Stan Kee]

Most of the chain letters

Most of the chain letters i recieve have something to do with religion. If you don't foward this email to 15 people something bad will happen, it says. If you do forward it you will recieve "God's Blessing".
The emails are ironic when you consider who they are coming from.

[unknown unknown]

Your religious freedom end at my mail box, indox, and/or phone

Hopefully they're decent enough to honor requests not receive their messages anymore. Some people have other things to do with their inbox than delete spam (religious or otherwise).

If the internet existed during the time of Moses

Would there be a 11th commandment?

Thou shalt not create or send spam.

Pagan spam time

If the Christians can spam everyone, then those of us who don't believe as they do should have the same rights and not have to listen to them whine. And believe me when I point out that there are flaws in their thinking Whine they do

[PacificGal]

Not that this matters much....

Why is it that God is considered spam? The internet is just
another vehicle for getting the good word out that Jesus saves. I
can't help but wonder why others would be uptight about getting
something like this in their email inbox. I can think (and list) a
whole lot worse things that I get in my email box that more
offensive, vulgar and rude than reading something about the
God I serve. Yes, I agree that it would be better not to get
something that's not solicited but hey, is it only offensive to
non-believers? Who knows how many people may find salvation
in this simple message? I'd rather receive that than some of the
stuff that comes my way on a daily baises from credit cards, to
weight loss and sexual crap. So, I'm not whining, just sticking in
my two cents worth.

I would rather recieve the daily basis of the other "crap" than another crummy misspelled email from someone who thinks they know what is best for me without knowing me. I hate the fact that these individuals want to do my thinking for me. I am a grown up and refuse to let someone guide me to their idea of paradise. Believe me, the idea of dying and going somewhere that includes some of the worst bigots ever to walk the face of the Earth sounds like Hell to me.