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dshix
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You are actually correct.
The majority of chain mail emails are caused by spam makers, in the hopes that eventually the chain will return to them. When they return, they have a bunch of emails to send spam to.
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The majority of chain mail emails are caused by spam makers, in the hopes that eventually the chain will return to them. When they return, they have a bunch of emails to send spam to.
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thistle
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I agree.
LaughingBoy1503
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Just delete them. Don’t even read them. They are usually easy to spot when people post them on facebook too. I get them on my facebook newsfeeds sometimes. I promptly “hide” them and then fight off the urge to ask whoever shared them why they would forward such nonsense. Although, I would not ask that nicely. So I don’t say anything at all. Its just superstition. Those things carry no weight what so ever. If you don’t forward a religious post, just because it asks you to, it is not a sin. And it is superstition if you think something bad is going to happen to you because you don’t forward the stupid message.
The ones that claim to be some kind of a “test” or ask you to “prove” you love God by re-sharing something are the worst. Don’t even read them. Learn to spot them (I think by now you can) and ignore them. I think our good Lord cares more about how we live to show that He is first in our lives. Not whether you re-share a post that tell you to “prove God is first in your life by re-sharing this” Right?
The ones that claim to be some kind of a “test” or ask you to “prove” you love God by re-sharing something are the worst. Don’t even read them. Learn to spot them (I think by now you can) and ignore them. I think our good Lord cares more about how we live to show that He is first in our lives. Not whether you re-share a post that tell you to “prove God is first in your life by re-sharing this” Right?
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dshix
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Agree 100%Just delete them. Don’t even read them. They are usually easy to spot when people post them on facebook too. I get them on my facebook newsfeeds sometimes. I promptly “hide” them and then fight off the urge to ask whoever shared them why they would forward such nonsense. Although, I would not ask that nicely. So I don’t say anything at all. Its just superstition. Those things carry no weight what so ever. If you don’t forward a religious post, just because it asks you to, it is not a sin. And it is superstition if you think something bad is going to happen to you because you don’t forward the stupid message.
The ones that claim to be some kind of a “test” or ask you to “prove” you love God by re-sharing something are the worst. Don’t even read them. Learn to spot them (I think by now you can) and ignore them. I think our good Lord cares more about how we live to show that He is first in our lives. Not whether you re-share a post that tell you to “prove God is first in your life by re-sharing this” Right?
And, when I see a particular person who forwards me a pile of these forwards all the time, I start to ask them if they really believe that they will “have bad luck for 7 years” if they don’t forward the stupid thing. Eventually I challenge them to desist in spreading superstition they don’t believe and stop making a fool of themselves.
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seagal
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Those are my biggest pet peeves. :banghead: :takethat:
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Joe_5859
Guest
I had a friend in college – way back in the day when email chains were just getting started – who kept a folder in his inbox of all the chains he received. Anytime someone would forward him a chain message, he would promptly forward back to them every single message in that folder.
That would generally then be the last chain he would receive from that person. 
It is sort of a mean way to make one’s point, though.
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dshix
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Hahahaha!! That is absolutely genius!I had a friend in college – way back in the day when email chains were just getting started – who kept a folder in his inbox of all the chains he received. Anytime someone would forward him a chain message, he would promptly forward back to them every single message in that folder.
It is sort of a mean way to make one’s point, though.
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Another_Mary
Guest
I’ve shared this before.
Many years ago before the Internet, I received an anonymous photocopied chain letter about St. Jude. At the time my family was going through very difficult times. The letter promised good fortune if I forwarded it.
But it also contained threats about what would happen if I didn’t send it on.
Well, I tossed it out and didn’t send it.
Life improved. In fact it got much much better.
Ignore those silly things and pray real prayers instead.
Many years ago before the Internet, I received an anonymous photocopied chain letter about St. Jude. At the time my family was going through very difficult times. The letter promised good fortune if I forwarded it.
But it also contained threats about what would happen if I didn’t send it on.
Well, I tossed it out and didn’t send it.
Life improved. In fact it got much much better.
Ignore those silly things and pray real prayers instead.
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LittleRose
Guest
Because knights wear chain mail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_(armour)
Go get some rest, if you can. Give your brain a chance to unscramble.
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LittleRose
Guest
I had a friend in college – way back in the day when email chains were just getting started – who kept a folder in his inbox of all the chains he received. Anytime someone would forward him a chain message, he would promptly forward back to them every single message in that folder.
It is sort of a mean way to make one’s point, though.
LOL. I really must try that. Anyone know of a way to adapt this strategy for Facebook?
The quality of one’s faith is not demonstrated by how many annoying forwards and memes one passes along to one’s friends. I think it could be argued even that charity demands we avoid doing so, if only to avoid provoking people to unrighteous anger with one’s excesses of shallow, saccharine self-expression.
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gyrene
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I read through all of these answers, just to see if anyone picked up on one of the reasons there are so many chain mails. And, that is, it is a great way for hackers to get into your computer, riding on top of an email chain mail. And, believe me, they do. I’d be more careful on even opening this kind of chain mail.
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petra22
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Thanks for that info. I always wondered how they did it, but I know they do…
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