Imagine being such a persecuted group in America that you get to blast spam mail to everyone in your community in the name of religion with no repercussions.
Return to sender.
this post was submitted on 14 May 2024
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Ok, how about this. If God answers my prayers and allows me to win the lottery I pledge 50% of my winnings to a church of his choosing.
From what I understand God really, really needs money.
It only works if you ask for vague, non-specific things. For example, if you ask for patience, then feel more patient... that's God! But if you feel more frustrated and less patient, that's also God... teaching you patience by making life suck so you have to be more patient. And if nothing changes? You guessed it; God!
Call "Yvonne" with your number withheld, and tell her that you don't want to receive anymore of those flyers. If she asks for your address, tell her to pray for an answer and hang up.
A tree died for this.
Seriously, religion is a mental illness.
There's a dude where I live that stands on a street corner reading the Bible out loud to nobody.
These people need therapy and medication.
You should offer her a free punctuation class in return.
It's so absurd. If you read these without knowing anything about a "bible" or a "John" it's just rambling with an old timey accent.
I'm not really following. It's annoying/amusing, but I get junk mail every day. How is this any different? Just roll your eyes and toss it.
Respond back that you prayed to win the lottery and you actually did. Watch the mental gymnastics in full force after that.
Then sell your system as a class at $1k/ticket, and before you know it you're the next big prosperity gospel leader
Respond that Allah is generally more giving and watch the face contort.
I get these too. It is best to ignore them because if you tell them you are anything but a Jehovah's Witness, they will hit you stronger with letters. Return to sender will reenforce their desire to send you more too.
I know some people say to tell them some secret words about people getting kicked out of the Jehovah's, but I find it hard to be mean to them. They are being coerced and guilted into it.
Imagine being so petty you post this online. Just throw it out if you're that pathetic and can't handle others differences
Spam apologists are neat. It's like they're so new to the Internet they don't know that a "it's just one message calm down" attitude is how we got here.
Yvonne, that you?
(are you really going to sit there and insist we respect Yvonne's faith/viewpoint while she is disrespecting ours by trying to proselytize in the laziest manner possible?)
Imagine defending a cult that protects child predators, will let its babies die before giving them a life-saving medical procedure, and drives members who quit to suicide by forcing everyone they ever knew to shun them.
I had never seen this happen before. Relax.
Was it sent to you via USPS including a stamp, or was it just put in your mailbox? Cause if they bypass USPS and use your mailbox inappropriately they can be fined per offense.
Uhh, I don't remember. All I did was take a picture of the letter and thought this instance would want to see it haha. Threw away the envelope.
Haha. In all likelihood, it was probably sent via mail appropriately. But, if anyone ever does go mucking with your mailbox you have some real options.
Woah, I’ve received two very similar letters as well. They came from a state that’s really far away so I’m not sure how they even got my name and address. Super concerning but also laughable that this was seen as a way to convert people….
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