Comments on: Supplement- Crazy Christian Junk Snailmail

By: jenstar

jenstar — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:40:33 +0000

I got a few different ones in the mail after moving into my new house. I live in TX.
I got the purple ribbon, a red and white checkered picnic cloth, and the hanky……I actually DID do the hanky one. I figured, whats the worst that can happen, right?
I did as directed, step by step…..I have found tons of entries online about these “seed-faith offerings” as being a scam to send money, but I dont recall the letter ever asking to send money….i think it asked to donate if you wanted to get a book/ Bible, but no need to send any money upon sending it back with my prayer before dusk after sleeping on it…..

I CAN say that I simple asked for a prayer for my younger brother (12 at the time) because he was suffering from abandonment & neglect of love from our mom after she remarried….she always left him home alone as they went out and cared more about their horses and puppies than him.
The morning I sent it off, I got a call that afternoon that my mom didnt welcome her own son to live with her anymore (of course, at her husband’s request), and that she was kicking her own son out!
She even withdrew him from school 2 weeks early because she wanted him out NOW!

As terrible as it sounds, it was an answered prayer because she obviously didnt seems to love or care for him any longer…so now he is with our dad and sometimes stays with me. with people who actually love him and want him around.

So, no money to them and my prayer still blessed!
=)

By: mike

mike — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:17:59 +0000

Just got one of these. Crazy crap.

“Resident – to a friend”

How do these idiots get away with being a non profit org? Thats bull crap.

By: ImmortalityLTD

ImmortalityLTD — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:25:20 +0000

Is it just me, or does the guy laying under the red blanket have some serious morning wood?

By: Erica Leigh

Erica Leigh — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:41:33 +0000

We got one of those the other day … we are Christians, and laughed our asses off about this one. Wowza. Our favorite part was the “Son-In-Law off of Dope” testimonial. So good.

Man I love this site.

By: Lepht

Lepht — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:44:59 +0000

it’s another faith handkerchief! another anti-religion blog got one of these a while back – i think it was Akusai over at Action Skeptics. these things are awesomely inane.

i wish people in my country were stupid enough to send those out.

no, wait. no i don’t.

Lepht

By: The Kym

The Kym — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:34:25 +0000

No way, I got one of those crazy letters, too (but I live in Texas). I tried to use the handkerchief, but it made my face all scratchy. Those crazy Christians….

By: Christianity Solicitors: WTF?! « Life of a Heathen Mommy

Christianity Solicitors: WTF?! « Life of a Heathen Mommy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:21:20 +0000

[...] door knockers, and, my personal favorite, snail mail “prayer rugs” or “faith handkerchiefs“. I have personally had the honor of receiving not one, but two prayer rugs, in two states, [...]

By: Heathen Father

Heathen Father — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:02:51 +0000

I haven’t gotten that specific piece of craziness yet but as my wife said we’ve gotten a “Prayer Rug” (piece of paper with the face of Jesus on it) that I guess we were supposed to squat on at pray for whatever and send it back. I sent it back alright, in about 100 pieces with a lovely (colorful) message scrawled on the back of those pieces…

By: heathenmommy

heathenmommy — Sun, 06 May 2007 19:50:20 +0000

I have gotten several similar to this but it’s a prayer “rug” that you pray on and then send. I have sent back some….colorful messages on them. ;)

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:50:09 +0000

I got the same letter! I’m in the 21211… My friends and I are in design and were talking about all the money wasted on 4-color printing, full-bleeds, hand stuffing envelopes…
I miss the comic tracts that used to get handed to me as I walked down charles street, at least those were funny, and cheaply produced!