My pet peeve

I get a lot of email. Too much email. Maybe that is why one of my biggest pet peeves is getting an forwarded email that is a hoax. It makes me cringe when Christians forward untruths to others. It compromises the credibility of the most important truth we have to share. If we fall for these internet hoaxes, what else will we not fall for and maybe the church is all one big hoax.

Sorry to rant. Most of these things are created to waste our time, and here I am wasting my time on my blog. But if this saves someone else the time of adding their name to an email and forwarding it on to 20 people, then it is worth it.

Know that there is no petition to the FCC to take religious broadcasting off the airwaves. Madaline Murray O'Harra, or whatever her name is, is dead. This hoax originated in 1975 and since that time the FCC has received 30 million pieces of mail from concerned citizens. Don't worry, all is well. Touch by an Angel has not been on television in years, and it has nothing to do with this.

Also, Bill Gates is not going to give you $1000 to forward an email. I wish it were true. That would be very nice.

Check your sources. Never, never, never, never forward an email that you are not 100% sure it is true. Go to www.snopes.com or another reliable website that you can trust. If Dr. Dobson wants you to forward an email, go to Dr. Dobson's website to see what Dr. Dobson really has to say about it.