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has this ever happened to you?
your phone rings...
*BEEPBEEP!*
1 message recieved
you jump up and down like a little child who just realized it was christmas while yelling "yay! may nagmamahal! may nagtext! baka si...(put name of crush here)!"
you open the message...it loads...and it reads:
"97% of people won't send this! God died on d cross bcoz He was thinkin of u! be part of the 3% who will send dis! "
...or
"this is a test: if u luv God (tapos unli ka pa), send dis 2 as many people as u can..."
...or something of the same essence.
now, what do you do?
perhaps a lot of my friends would send this to their whole globe/smart contact groups...
as for me...i press the little "C" button and delete it.
as a rule, i never forward any chain mails/text/letters...
EVEN IF IT IS ABOUT GOD.
i have a few reasons...
1.) the text says that 97% of people do not foward that message...but do they have any proof? any statistics or research to actually PROVE that that is true? and if you think about it, some people may have sent it just to brag that they are one of the few who sent that message...
2.) it says "this is a test: ..." well, i believe that i do not need to send a chain text to prove my faith, i prefer showing it through my actions. and anyone can send a chain text, even people who do not believe, so it's not really an effective test, is it?
3.) it pisses me off, period. especially those that tackle your conscience like the first example or those texts that accuse you of not loving God just because you won't send the message.
4.) besides the "if you love God" kind of messages, those messages that spread news of bomb threats and stuff that they claim as "news" and "facts" are , in my opinion, not to be trusted.
dare ask me why? sure there's a possibility that they are true, but they can also be fraud and may be a product of some cruel joke. ever heard of the word "gossip"? if you wanna know the truth, refer to more reliable sources.
i even heard of the story of the pastor who was sent a chain message of the same essence, he didn't send it either. and he's a PASTOR. (not that it gives any credibility to my evaluative case, but i just wanted to include that.)
look, if you want to proclaim your faith, the best way (in my opinion) is to do good to others. i believe that even atheists who do not believe in God but keep on helping people, doing good and touching lives in good ways can be accepted in heaven (assuming that our concept of heaven does exist) and are better off than devout Catholics who cheat, lie, maim, destroy and basically do more bad than good to other people and themselves. they might have a different reason as to why they do what we categorize as "good", but hey, the fact remains that they do...and maybe that's all that matters.
we all could do with a bit more skepticism in our lives. it would benefit anyone to be a critical thinker, one who does not instantly believe all the information he/she is given.
aagh!! it is so annoying! please, please, please! don't send me anything that is meant to be forwarded!
people might come up with a counter-argument for this, and i am not saying that i am completely right, but i will not send any chain whatever to anyone.
i rest my case.