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I really really hate what people do in the name of Christ these days–often it’s hating/condemning people, but possibly more often it’s trying to take advantage of others’ faith by playing the Christian rapport card. Today I got some SPAM from christian-bloggers.com, and it really made me mad. The site itself appears to be about 50% ads, and one really trite oil painting of Jesus logo.
Here’s the email I got:
Dear blog author:
We recently came across your site, andypull.blogspot.com, while searching for fellow christian bloggers.A small group of us have started a new site called Christian Bloggers. Our prayer and intent is to bring Christians closer together, and make a positive contribution to the Internet community. While many of us have different “theologies”, we all share one true saviour.
Would you be interested in joining Christian Bloggers? Please take a few minutes to have a look at what we are trying to do, and if you are interested, there is a sign up page to get the ball rolling. We would greatly appreciate your support in this endeavour.
May God Bless you and your blogging efforts. We look forward to hearing from you.
Craig Cantin
Christian Bloggers
info@christian-bloggers.com
Perhaps it’s a bit spiteful to include that email address in a mailto: tag, which will probably end up getting that email address a bit of SPAM, but he asked for it. Undoubtedly, they spidered my email address off my site, because it pretty plainly states that the blog has changed locations if they’d read it. Also, they made nice use of “Dear blog author”.
If you’re wondering, it is a violation of the CAN-SPAM act, and definitely illegal to do something like this. Add that to the fact that this guy is out to make a quick “Christian” buck, and I wouldn’t touch this site with a 10-foot pole.
I got the same spam, even though my profile page makes it pretty clear that I’m not a Christian. I think everyone with an email address posted on their blog received an “invitation.”