Spamming for Jesus

These days, hardly a day goes by where I don't wind up receiving and deleting some 40-odd unsolicited emails trying to sell me everything from how to get rich quick on E-bay to pills that are guaranteed to enlarge various bits of my anatomy.

Now there appears to be a new entry into the online snake oil trade.

Dont put your soul at risk. Accept God into your life while you have time. Contact a local church or prayerline today. He is real do not be in Hell when you realize it!

You know, we have a big "NO SOLICITING" sign next to our front door and on many occasions I've had to explain to a Jehovah's Witness, a Baptist or some other peddler of retail religious beliefs exactly what is meant by "NO SOLICITING."

"But sir, we're not trying to sell you something," they usually say. My reply is usually something along the lines of, "Not all sales transactions involve money."

I don't know what point I'm trying to make other than to say I am sick to death of these low-rent, piece of shit sham artists pushing their bullshit products in a manner that prevents people from confronting them.

In every story I've ever read, these scumbags try to claim that they are legitimate business people using the Internet for perfectly valid transactions, but that's a load of crap.

I can't wait for the day when a Satanist or perhaps a devotee of Alistair Crowley or Marilyn Manson will start firing back with something like:

Your soul is doomed. Accept Lucifer into your life while you still have time. Contact a local coven today. He is real, and you will be in Hell before you realize it!