I hate this shit so much...

From an email I got from this woman from whom I bought office furniture once about 6 months ago...

If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions . Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father." Pass this on only if you mean it. I do Love God. He is my source of existence.. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Phil 4:13 If you love God and are not ashamed of all the marvelous things he has done for you, send this on. Take 60 seconds & give this a shot ! Let's just see if Satan stops this one.

Not forwarding the email that preceeded the above has nothing to do with being ashamed or not ashamed of God or, as the email would have it, my love for John 3:16 but rather the fact that these emails almost always make the list of dumbest-fucking-things-I've-ever-heard-or-seen-anyone-say. "The little boy sat by the fire and felt so loved and warm and thought about John 3:16 and blah blah blah bullshit made up story blah blah." Then they try to guilt you into sending the drivel to ten of your closest friends (who the hell has ten closest friends anyway?) by calling you Satan if you stop the chain. Or by making the oh so convincing argument that, if you are ashamed of this dumbass email, you're ashamed of Jesus and, therefore, Jesus is ashamed of you. Even though they give no reference for that "ashamed" part. (Matthew 10:33) And even though just about every single version translates that verb as "denies" or "shall deny" and not "ashamed." Spam. The reason for the season.