Friday, July 11, 2008

Guilt is an awful tool!



So, someone sent me this today. And I must say that I like the basic message of it. Even if the story isn't true, which I would bet money is the case, it has a good message, and a good moral. Now here is the tricky part...

I would NEVER send this on to my friends, christian or not, believers or not. Why? Because of the last 2 minutes and 10 seconds of it. I HATE guilt trips. Had it ended at 3:20 I would have passed it on to all my friends, but no, it goes on for another 2 minutes guilting people into feeling bad for sending on jokes, and for not having the "courage" to stand up to those who don't share their beliefs.

So I guess all I really have to say here is that I believe, and I don't care who knows it. But I don't think it takes me sending this on to all my friends to say it. And I don't think anyone who reads this should feel guilted into sending it on to their friends.

If only I knew how to edit these videos, I would cut off the last two minutes and ten seconds and send it on its way back into cyberspace to be passed from one believer to the next...

1 comments:

Hamlie said...

I completely agree! I actually got the same post and refused to send it on because of the guilt trip at the end. You don't always have to send on a copycat message (especially if it may or may not be true) when you can be the message by being the example in every day actions, not just the 1/2 a second it took you to push a button.