Spam sucks, period.
I have received a lot of spam for The Coming Out Godless Project since it began and counting. Most of them come in the form of comments completely unrelated to the particular story being commented on. But since I don’t moderate comments (and only delete utterly offensive ones which rarely happens – or actual spambot spam), I let it flow. Generally, someone else will comment later, asking that person why he/she said what they said or something else pertaining to the obvious Christian spam.
I even received an unrelated story that was submitted (I can only speculate why) to make the site look bad. I foolishly posted a story, without thoroughly reading it (completely my fault!). I later realized (due to someone nicely contacting me to let me know) that it was just a sad attempt to make the site look bad. It was a short story, but I have received a short story before that was actually a close-to-true story that was very good, so I assumed it was something of that nature and did not have enough time to fully read it. Silly me! I will just have to spend more time being more attentive to what is posted on the Coming Out Godless site.
Needless to say, the stories will no longer be numbered in the case that one needs to be removed, so don’t mind the absence of #61.
The spam comments are to be expected to a certain degree but when I receive spam story submissions (and not just the kind advertising for some new hotel or penis enlarging pills), it becomes slightly vexing.
So, over the weekend I received a story submission and didn’t even look at it until this morning (I had a busy weekend). The title “Religion is the source of world’s problem” seemed fine (other than a few grammatical errors) until I read it. It was a jumble of mish-mash, confusing me with a ton of statistics and seemingly atheist leanings, but with conspicuous use if “His” mid-sentence. I’m not opposed to statistics if it flows with the story, nor am I opposed to it being stripped from a site (if it’s your own), but this clearly wasn’t. I followed the original link and the story had a different author (at least the names given are different). Not only is it Christian spam, but whoever submitted it is plagiarizing by taking credit for someone else’s story. Now, that’s not just low… it’s also illegal. But who knows, it could have been the same person who was just too embarrassed to leave his real name (or the non de plume he uses on the actual blog).
The story was about how even though Christians have committed atrocities, atheists have committed far more, full of bad statistics (including absolute power regimes such as acts committed by Mussolini and communist Russia and China), while using the bible as one of his “sources”. The bible should never be used as a source for proving a point in Christian blogs and writings; its circular logic within itself and can never be backed up, other than with those who have written his/her own book, truly believing every word of it. If one has something to say about Christianity, it is best to use a source outside the bible, for it can only make one’s point seem (more) valid.
Forgive me for not linking, but I don’t want to give him anymore traffic than he already has (if any). Its not like he allows any comments, so what’s the use?
Now, let me leave you with the very last sentence of this blog just for shifts ‘n googles: “The Bible says that people are evil (and the statistics on this page support this claim), but that they can become transformed through the power of the Holy Spirit to live lives of love, joy and peace.”
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