do you forward religious chain letters/email because "god is watching?"

Hi, I hate these messages. Personally I am a born again aethist and do not beleive in any kind of bad luck for not passing them on and I never do pass them on, nothing majorly bad has happened to me for it,. Secondly I think it may be a bit harsh to say it's emotional blackmail as your friends probably only passed it on to you as they were genuinely thinking there maybe something in and back luck may befall them if they don't do it. I am pretty sure nobody passes them on with the intention of bad luck being inflicted on the recipient. I do tend to agree that it is kind of thoughtless of them to forward them on but don't beleive they do it with any kind of malicious intent. The messages are however a pain in the neck and they would surely stop altogether if everybody unanimously decided to stop forwarding them. We live in hope. Cheers, ian

i often get these kind of emails and SMS and whenever i have credits on my phone, i forwarded them, not because i need to forward them but sometimes, those kind of messages provides a litle prayer and nice thoughts so that's one of the reasons why i forward them. but whenever i encounter such emails that would say that this is a curse if you don't forward it, i automatically delete it or ignore the file. =)

Well, i dont really look twice at those kind of mails. I just try not read that part though. Seriously, one cant believe these messages will increase ones faith or improve our condition or anything. But i do get angry at the real author of the message for using God's name in vain. Not only are they using God's name in vain, they're trying to manipulate the hearts of believers, which is low-down and dirty of them! Some religions go out in war in their God's name, which is rather silly because there's no such thing as "Holy War" or "Killing for God" (in fact the phases are self-contradictory). Using God's name to get believes to fight another religion is dirty and something people who dont think will mindlessly follow. Using the same trick for getting a message passed around the net is also the same thing - something that attacks the conscience of the person reading them. If its possible, i would file a case against these chain-mail creators, unfortunately, they cannot be traced back to the start. Don't let people or mails mess with your mind, just do what you think is right. No one appreciates a threat in a mail. Its better off deleted.

me i don't forward this chain messages. cause for me God knows what is really in your heart than those chain messages

I will forward some chain things but not for any reason other then I like what it says beyond that. Like there was one a bit ago about friends that I liked. If I can cut out the chain part... I do. I think God really has better things to do then check My e-mail.

I will not forward such mails to anybody.Few months back,I received such mail,in which they threatened that I would be in great trouble and my family members would die ....something like this. I just deleted that one and only those who are not able imagine as what is what,are sending and forwarding such mails. Also few days back, I happened to receive one mail, blaming and targeting one particular religion, for one of their activities.I did not forward, but I am keeping that mail in my in box.

I am a religious person, but I hate those emails. I can't stand that sappy tear jerker type stuff. Also they are not true stores and some of them contain outright lies. You can go to snopes.com and check out all those religious chain letter and emails.

I often received such text messages. However, I suppose these kind of messages are irrelevant and does not make any sense. I do not forward these kind of messages to anyone, even if I find a warning in the message that if I do not forward it to 20 persons, I may have some bad luck. I believe, whatever has to happen, will happen, irrespective of forwarding the message or otherwise.

I hate those messages... i receive tons of them regularly... but i just delete them without opening the email... and it even came to a point where i told my friends not to send them to me anymore... since they can be irritating and insulting at the same time...

I never forward any chain letters because they are created to waste our time. i don't belive all of them. i don't think we get luck just because we send these messages to every one.

yeah i have recieved plenty of such mails blackmailing us that unless we forward the mails to atleast 15 to 20 ppl, then the god's wrath would be bestowed upon us. Lots of Bull actually... not just religions threats.. sometimes they even have supernatural content... Sometimes i they even threaten us with ghosts and ghouls and so and so... initially i used to forwards the mails coz of fear of retribution... now it goes straight to my trash inbox...

Yup, when I remembered I ever did once. I realized that it was a stupid thing to do so. It is not logical why I should forward this chain email and probably the one that started this email would lough because his/her intention was working. Currently, when I receive that kind of thing, I will just ignore it or even deleted from my inbox immediately.

I receive a lot of religious forwards and chain mail. I don't read them, just mark/delete. I think they are very annoying, and it's almost a bit rude when the people who send it to me KNOWS that I am atheist. Everyone has their right to their own believes, but don't push them on me. (I delete any kind of chain mail, not only religious ones. Just to make that clear :P)

to be honest, I dont know if it's bad or something but I dont forward any emails of that type. I am perfectly secure with my faith and my relationship with the Lord and I dont think I need to send out all those chain emails just to prove my love for Him.

I have always received this kind of letters through email. I believe you are write in what you say but nevertheless just to let you know I forward some of them not because God is watching but because I read something nice in it that I think people can relate to. I don't think it will cause bad luck if I don't forward it. I believe some of the words there have very nice meaning that can touch someones heart. I still believe prayer is the key to everything we need though.

I often receive such text messages. However, I suppose these kind of messages are irrelevant and does not make any sense. I do not forward these kind of messages to anyone, even if I find a warning in the message that if I do not forward it to 20 persons, I may have some bad luck. I believe, whatever has to happen, will happen, irrespective of forwarding the message or otherwise.

I can't recall any specific time but in any case most things which involve some religion I usually just scrap as I think apart for catering for people who need to believe in such things they are a load of rubbish

No, when i do that i just do it because i find it is helpful and may some people love it. But not because "god watching" sometimes i don't love the meesage so i don't forward it. I have to believe of what I'm doing

hi jones, Yes it is a emotional blackmail indeed. Instead of sending these messages you can help the needy in the same time/money. God may consider this act is better than forward of the message. Neither believe these nor I encourage. If you are clean at your heart no bad luck touch you. Don't believe in this and don't spread those type threatening message to any others.

I don't even open such e-mail, much less read them then pass them around. Chain e-mails are annoying.