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RE: Is it a sin to forward an email that's a big, fat h... - 11/13/2008 11:58:33 AM
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benelchi
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ORIGINAL: Sunnymom
For instance, if you have recently received an email about RM-2493, it is a hoax. I received it again this morning, and instead of deleting as I usually do with FW: emails, I used the Reply All button to send everyone this-
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Email hoaxes are very convincing, or they would not get so much mileage, but please let everyone know who forwarded this email that it is a hoax. The real RM 2493 went before the FCC in 1974 and was turned down in 1975. James Dobson has also issued a disclaimer since this email now bears his name. The FCC has been dealing with this rumor for 30 years, and has received over 10 million letters, emails, and phone calls about it.
You can read the history of this hoax at Snopes .
As a matter of fact, it is a good idea to double-check every forwarded email at sites like Snopes and Truth or Fiction so we as Christians aren't guilty of perpetuating falsehoods. You can use the Reply All button to send the Snopes link to all the folks who sent this email to you.
Perhaps by using the FW button to spread truth just as enthusiastically as it has been used to spread rumors, and we can end 30 years of Christians looking like gullible morons. Sometimes people get mad at me for doing this- for sending them links to show that the email they just sent me was a hoax, but I truly believe that until we as Christians get into the habit of dealing with lies and rumors, even through email, we aren't going to be credible when we try to spread the Gospel, KWIM?
It is a sin, IMO, to knowingly repeat something that we have not even attempted to verify. Just because Aunt Sally sent it to you, and Aunt Sally is a wonderful woman, doesn't mean that we shouldn't take the time to make sure we are being completely truthful when we pass on information.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. 
I also get extremely annoyed with Christians who forward (or recount) factually inaccurate and far too often defamatory information whether it be in email or in person. What is scary is that I have actually heard the stuff of "these emails" given in examples that have been preached from the pulpit. I left a church once because the new pastor continually did this and neither he nor the elders of the church were concerned about it when this was addressed.
On a side note: Sometimes teasingly I will pass this kind of info to someone who I know should know better, but I think I might take the bait; however, I always follow up with the the truth and teasingly give them a really hard time if they bit. For example, one time I handed a guy at work a printout of hoax that described the spread of computer virus' over the power lines, as I handed him a box of "virus protected" power strips so that he could replace the power strips on all of the computers so that our computers would be "protected." When he was done we did let him know the truth.
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RE: Is it a sin to forward an email that's a big, fat h... - 11/13/2008 1:25:41 PM
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What is scary is that I have actually heard the stuff of "these emails" given in examples that have been preached from the pulpit. I left a church once because the new pastor continually did this and neither he nor the elders of the church were concerned about it when this was addressed.
I went to the funeral of a family member and the Pastor actually used one as a talking point. It was something about a hand made tablecloth and a loving couple. I about died. As for forwarding a nasty reply, I did this with one that talked about how nice it was to live back in the 50"s when no one had to wear helmets, seatbelt etc. I must have had it that day and sent a not so nice note along with the forward. I wasn't rude just voiced my angst. My mother didn't talked to me for awhile.
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RE: Is it a sin to forward an email that's a big, fat h... - 11/15/2008 3:23:00 PM
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dianetavegia
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Several of those 'Gary Hogan in Iraq, pray for my wife' type things have ended up on our church prayer list!
I really don't have the time to send out 'false' with links to the correct info for every hoax or forward I receive each day. In fact, I also delete most forwards too, without opening.
I had a woman tell me one time that to not answer my phone when at home is LYING. She claims it implied I was not home.
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RE: Is it a sin to forward an email that's a big, fat h... - 11/15/2008 3:51:00 PM
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I had a woman tell me one time that to not answer my phone when at home is LYING. She claims it implied I was not home
Oh, for heaven's sake!
My phone is for my convenience, not the convenience of every yahoo that finds my number.
My house is for my comfort and shelter, and I do not have to open the door every time the bell is rung.
My email account is also for my convenience and I am not bound by any rule of propriety to open/comply with everything that ends up in my inbox.
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RE: Is it a sin to forward an email that's a big, fat h... - 11/15/2008 4:56:01 PM
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I had a woman tell me one time that to not answer my phone when at home is LYING. She claims it implied I was not home
Oh, for heaven's sake!
My phone is for my convenience, not the convenience of every yahoo that finds my number.
My house is for my comfort and shelter, and I do not have to open the door every time the bell is rung.
My email account is also for my convenience and I am not bound by any rule of propriety to open/comply with everything that ends up in my inbox.
This post needs more stars than the forums' system can even handle.
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RE: Is it a sin to forward an email that's a big, fat h... - 11/16/2008 10:38:09 PM
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Amen! Thank the Lord for caller ID and for voice mail. 
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RE: Is it a sin to forward an email that's a big, fat h... - 11/17/2008 7:51:00 AM
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I don't get this stuff in my Email, mainly because I'm anti-social and have no friends. Where I see it is on some of the other forums I inhabit. Someone will post something they got in an email. Sometimes it's the usual urban legends or the chain emails where you are shamed and judged if you do not send it on, most often it comes in the form of a poignant story or morality tale. It is presented as the story of a real event. Some may be based loosely on some obscure event in time, most are probably made up. The changing details and time frames should be a tip-off. Some of the stories are quite good, as stories, but when misrepresented as truth or tagged with a shaming/condemning "pass it on" note I begin to get an itch in my slapping hand.
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RE: Is it a sin to forward an email that's a big, fat h... - 11/17/2008 1:40:46 PM
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I've heard folks say it's lying as well not to answer your phone as well as not answering the door when someone knocks (sorry, my safety is my priority). Get over it! There is no law that requires me to answer my phone or answer my door just because I'm home.
  
well then people probably thought I was lying all weekend. and they can just get over it.
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RE: Is it a sin to forward an email that's a big, fat h... - 11/17/2008 7:23:52 PM
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If they want me to answer my phone whenever they call, and to open my door everytime they come, they can pay my phone bill and my mortgage, then I will be glad to comply.
Forward this message to 15 persons within the next 5 minutes, or calamity will befall you and yours.
- Thirty new gray hairs will appear upon you for every decade of your age.
- Your spouse will eat all the ice cream in the house and gain 50 pounds.
- Your children will rise up and call you for loans.
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