Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Don't you get sick of these emails?

We all get all kinds of emails and some of them we don't like receiving, such as spam. But the emails I get sick of are these "cutsie" ones. Here's one I received today:

Subject: Need this back from you
"Worry looks around, sorry looks back, Faith looks up." 3 angels are sent to you. You must send them to 8 people including me. In 8 minutes you will receive something you have long awaited for.
Have faith

The email also featured a picture of 3 flying angels. Will I really receive something that I have long awaited for if I send this email to 8 people, and receive that in 8 minutes? I mean, how is this possible? So do I miss out if I only send the email to 7 people? What happens if I send the email to 9 people? Will I receive something quicker? Does the 8 minutes start from when I open the email or when I click on send? What happens if 8 minutes has passed and I haven't received anything? Do I start panicking? What happens if one of the email addresses I sent the email to didn't work?

See how ridiculous this is! These emails may be cute and lovely but they serve no purpose. I think this reply to the email sums it up nicely:

People, really!!
I'm sure I am going to be considered the world's biggest " Humbug" but what is it this email is proposing here? Do we not have section 130 verse 20 to 21 of the Doctrine and Covenants to explain how blessings are received? Are we to believe that we can really get 3 electronic angels flapping their wings on our computer to anything in eight minutes which we are not other wise through obedience going to get anyway.. Or for that matter get us anything which we are not entitled to?
This is all urban myth " Humbug" Worse than playing the slot machines. At least they pay off once in a while to keep us giving them our money. What good Latter Day saint would even consider the credibility of anything as obviously bent as this ?

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