I received this email as a forward from a friend. I could see from the headers enclosed in it that it had already made extensive rounds in the cyber world.
I am copying it exactly as it appeared to me; minus the garish multi-coloured fonts and flashing “JESUS” clipart. ‘Cause you know, nothing expresses God’s love for humanity quite like a 5″ metallic gold strobe light effect Jesus silhouette. My response follows. Here it is in it’s entirety:
DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS?
I SURE DIDN’T TILL NOW
Death is certain but the Bible speaks about untimely death!
Make a personal reflection about this…..
Very interesting, read until the end…..
It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7):
‘Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sow, that shall he also reap.
Here are some men and women who mocked God :
John Lennon (Singer):
Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said:
‘Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, today we are more famous than Him’ (1966).
Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.
Tancredo Neves (President of Brazil ):
During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency. Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President, then he died.
Cazuza (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):
During A show in Canecio ( Rio de Janeiro ),while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said:’ God, that’s for you.’
He died at the age of 32 of LUNG CANCER in a horrible manner.
The man who built the Titanic
After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be.
With an ironic tone he said: ‘Not even God can sink it’
The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic
Marilyn Monroe (Actress)
She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show.
He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her.
After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said: ‘I don’t need your Jesus’.
A week later, she was found dead in her apartment
Bon Scott (Singer)
The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang:
‘Don’t stop me; I’m going down all the way, down the highway to hell’.
On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked by his own vomit.
Campinas (IN 2005)
In Campinas , Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a friend…..
The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends and she said to the daughter holding her hand, who was already seated in the car:
‘My Daughter, Go With God And May He Protect You.’
She responded: ‘Only If He (God) Travels In The Trunk, Cause Inside Here…..It’s Already Full ‘
Hours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, everyone had died, the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact. The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs, none was broken.
Christine Hewitt (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer)
said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written.
In June 2006 she was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle.
Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus.
Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive.
‘Jesus’
PS: If it was a joke, you would have sent it to everyone.
So are you going to have courage to send this?.
I have done my part, Jesus said ‘If you are embarrassed about me, I will also be embarrassed about you before my father.’
You are my 8 in 8 seconds. I am not breaking this. No way!
I’M TOLD THIS WORKS!!!!! Bishop T.D. Jakes ‘8 Second Prayer.’ Just repeat this prayer and see how God moves!! ‘Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus’ name. Amen.’
Pass this message to 8 people {EXCEPT YOU AND ME}.You will receive a miracle tomorrow. I Hope that you don’t ignore and let God bless you.
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I’ll just let you absorb that for a minute. Ready? I think I need to take my blood pressure medicine first. Done. Deep breath. Okaaayyyy…
I am truly speechless…well…almost. I am an open-minded Christian who just cannot believe that someone actually had the gumption to attempt to string these events together in a thinly veiled propagandist and vitriolic diatribe.
How many people are absolutely horrible excuses for people and curse God daily, and yet still live to be healthy 100 year old assholes? What about non-Christians? How about Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Pagans, Buddhists, and all others who believe in a non-Christian deity or power? Are you really implying that they will all meet untimely and horrific deaths? Their “denial” or non-worship of a Christian God by so choosing separate spiritual paths rather than Christianity would imply so.
I can name many examples of horrific, early and unnecessary deaths of people who were “good” people and STILL DIED BEFORE THEIR TIME. Martin Luther King Jr.? Ghandhi?
Ever heard of a dude named JESUS????
Priests, Bishops, Ministers, anyone, can have a crisis of religious faith and perhaps curse or “deny” God. Guess what? THEY WILL PROBABLY STILL LIVE!! My understanding of God is that he is an all-loving, ever kind God – not a vengeful one who “hates” and would “kill” those who may speak against him. I like to believe that the Christian God is one who saves, not kills. I am astounded at the hateful tone of this forward.
The reference to the “bisexual” was well placed as well. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to make the inference of gay=evil there, does it? Are we really still going there? Let me check my calendar…Yep…it says 2009.
Let’s take a closer look here:
John Lennon was shot by a MENTALLY ILL crazed fan.
Bon Scott died by choking on his own vomit because he was an alcoholic who drank too much and passed out.
Cazuza died from lung cancer because HE SMOKED.
Marilyn Monroe overdosed on PILLS.
Tancredo Neves suffered from an viral infection and was mourned by a nation after his death.
The Titanic HIT AN ICEBERG because the crew wasn’t paying attention. The resultant hundreds dead must be attributed to the builders “ironic tone” he used.
The Campinas car load of drunks – What the hell kind of mother would allow her daughter to remain seated in a carload of drunks, including the driver?
Christine Hewitt was MURDERED after she announced she was going to be entering politics.
These events can be tied together not by God’s “wrath” but by the following simple premises:
1. Humans can/do/will act in reckless fashion and say stupid, hurtful or even evil things to one another.
2. Humans can/do/will injure others needlessly and with unwarranted force.
And, my personal favorite:
3. Bad shit can/does/will happen.
I find myself really offended by this email, not only on a intellectual level, but on a moral one as well. On a lighter note, the grammatical and rhetorical errors offend me as an English major.
I wonder if this response will generate as many forward clicks as the original…
2 Comments
June 15, 2009 at 3:03 pm
That’s a keeper, I’m bookmarking this incase anybody ever dares to pollute my inbox, Facebook wall or anywhere else I discover with that pseudo-Christian chain letter. Really, it’s as bad as those that name a bunch of other historical events that may or may not have happened, and then claim it all happened because some dingbat passed on a chain letter. They come in secular superstitious varieties too, but the ones that try to exploit Christianity, and when Christians actually forward this schlock on REALLY offends me, and I am a Christian. Amy Bruce, Jessica Mydek and their assorted pals/aliases never existed to begin with, so they’re not dying and can’t be saved by having their ficticious soppy stories passed on with a lot of stupid guilt-tripping. You know the sort that tells you you don’t have a heart and are lazy/selfish whatever and if the fictional kid dies it’ll be your fault for deleting a chain letter. The same mooks who spend their obviously worthless time making up sick kid hoaxes are the same jerks who make up chain letters such as the one above, and they’re laughing their butts off every time anybody falls for it and passes it along. If more people would look beyond their own egos, look clearly at just how dishonest and manipulative the chain letters are, not to mention impersonal as all heck, and realize that passing them on makes them look like idiots while getting their friends mad at, embarrassed for, and just sick of getting this crap instead of real messages from them, they might wake up and stop…Or maybe not. Chain letters are like drugs to some of these people, and you can tell them to quit it, and instead, they end up quitting the friendship with you instead, so they can go on sending this garbage to others who are either too afraid to speak up and tell them the truth of what they really think, or else they’re just as gullible.
June 19, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I have also received this email. I don’t remember which friend/family member sent it to me, which is probably a good thing for our relationship!
But I have to say, I’m so entertained and bemused by the alleged fact that there was a crate of eggs in the trunk of that car that I can’t even summon any outrage.
Really? A crate of eggs? How unexpected. How curious. How very…made up for the sake of a vitriol.
Gah.