Guest wwatch Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 My wife and I, like most everyone, have become alarmed at the amount and content of spam that we have been receiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 15, 2003 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 42 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/11/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted January 15, 2003 Wow! What a great topic! I had never thought of this before and I would be very interested in hearing people's thought on this as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanakila Posted January 16, 2003 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 400 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 15 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2001 Status: Offline Share Posted January 16, 2003 Spam is irritating about as irritating as telemarketers calling in the middle of dinner. Irritating people for Jesus does not sound like a good idea IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted January 16, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 827 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 12,101 Content Per Day: 1.50 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 16, 2003 Total agreement Lana! Could do more harm than good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wwatch Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Thank you Lanaikila for your input; however, your response points our that, perhaps, I need to be more specific about the answers that I am seeking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catsmeow Posted January 16, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 439 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 7,315 Content Per Day: 0.93 Reputation: 356 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted January 16, 2003 I have to ask, "How would 'I' receive something like that?" Truth is - I wouldn't. I'd turn off. It's sensory overload. There's already so much mental and noise polution out there. Spam is the easy way out. Sharing Christ requires effort...why not come out of our comfort zones and take the time and energy to be "living witnesses". If you want to get someone's attention for Jesus, try helping a stranded motorist, or mow a neighbor's lawn, or cook a meal for someone just home from the hospital... People toss junk and trash spam but they take notice of a smile, an act of grace, a show of kindness ... We've gotten so lazy in our society - instead of coming out of our comfort zones and being living witnesses we want an easy way reel 'em in. Jesus never took the "easy way" out for us... He left HIS comfort zone in heaven and abandoned His glory in heaven to humble Himself as an infant and to live among poor, simple villagers in Nazareth. He spent a lifetime ministering to his flock then suffered a torturous death to spare us the pain and shame of our own failures. Jesus invested heavily in our welfare; shouldn't we do the same for others? People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted January 16, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 827 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 12,101 Content Per Day: 1.50 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 16, 2003 wwatch - there is a sort of cyberspace spam actually. I receive tons of e-mail daily with religious stories/articles/websites attached. These usually go out to someone's entire adress books. I seldom read them, though I do read them from certain people. And I pass along some of the better ones, to both saved and unsaved friends. Wouldn't this qualify for spam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catsmeow Posted January 16, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 439 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 7,315 Content Per Day: 0.93 Reputation: 356 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted January 16, 2003 Traveller - You know I value your opinion...I don't think what you are describing is "spam" per se .... You send items of interest to friends... Relationship matters... :thumb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted January 16, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 827 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 12,101 Content Per Day: 1.50 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 16, 2003 Oh - well - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adstar Posted January 17, 2003 Group: Royal Member Followers: 12 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,399 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1,307 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted January 17, 2003 Hello All I have received Christian spam from two different sources I replied to them and now get it regularly from them. But every day I have to go through my email account and delete between 60 and 40 messages most of them are degenerate smut :angry: I always look at the subject and if it is not clearly from someone I know, from one of the forums I visit I play it safe and just delete it. With emails every thing is guilty until proven innocent. On more than one occasion I have inadvertently deleted genuine emails from good intentioned senders, So sorry if you have sent me an email and received no reply I probably never read it. If anyone wants to talk to me via email make sure you make it clear in the subject box where your coming from, Just put in something like "WORTHY". If you just put in "hello" or "greetings" it will be deleted without a moments thought. Oh and about there not being much Christian spam? My suspicious conspiratorial mind tells me that the ISPs do have good spam blocking technology but it is probably set up to block Christian spam. LOL All Praise The Ancient Of Days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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