I have been meaning to post about religious spam for a while now, but never got around to it. This BoingBoing post which links to a creepy Baby Jesus head reminded me. Thanks to our new mail server I don’t get as much spam as I used to, but a large portion of the spam I have been getting is religious in nature. And frankly, I find that rather disturbing.
It’s one thing to send me deals on Vicodin and Viagra, but it’s quite another to send me email asking me to share your religious beliefs. At least Viagra is useful. I know it’s probably just a few radical fundamentalists with too much bandwidth and time on their hands that are doing it, but religious spam certainly doesn’t make religion seem any more appealing. These spammers are like the 21st century equivalent of missionaries. Pretty sad if you ask me. Why can’t they just be happy with their own beliefs and keep to themselves?
One day I think we’ll get rid of spam. Until then, I will continue to check my inbox to see what impotence drugs Jesus has brought me today.
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Whats even more interesting is that by spamming, these missionaries maybe breaking the law. Indeed, fundamentalists is a very fitting description.
Religious fundamentalists of all kinds need to relax. I mean, seriously. It’s one thing to come to my door on a Saturday morning trying to "sell" me their religion. But to try and do it via email? That’s just low. What’s next? Religious text messages?
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