Earlier this week, I received a hand-written (and then photocopied) letter from a local woman asking me to try the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Based on the handwriting, I’d guess a grandmotherly woman hand-wrote a letter, photocopied it, and sent it to people in the phone book. (Which is very sweet gesture, although not ultimately not very useful since their God doesn’t exist, IMO.)
Then, I started to think: have I dropped-off the St. Matthew’s Churches mailing list? (I talked about them last May, and their scam.) Well, I’m still on it because today I received another letter from them. I guess I’m on their May mailing list. I’ve attached a few pictures of their material.
Predictably, they use phrases like “As you remain faithful in your seed sowing into my kingdom, surely you shall be blessed.” “Seed sowing” is, of course, code for “send us money”. Then they also claim testimonies from people who received financial windfalls or healing after ‘sowing a seed’. They use a few other psychological techniques to increase the likelihood of people sending them money. Seems like a popular money-extraction technique because you can see other evangelists doing it:
have you gotten the holy bookmark yet….
I received the Saint Mathews church letter this week. I filled the return envelope with paper soaked in fish sauce and some flat bits of scrap metal. The envelope weighed almost 8 oz. and smelled of rotting fish when i sent it back to them.
cheers
Weird. I never heard of these prosperity handkerchiefs (or Jesus booger wipes, as I will now call them) until this blog post. Then just tonight I saw an infomercial that featured them! It must be a sign!
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David Icke has books out. One is ‘The Biggest Secret’, and another is ‘The Truth Shall Set You Free’. He has plenty to say about religion, politics, and the world in general. And he has his website. Just type in David Icke.com. Cannot say he is right or wrong. But he has a great argument.
I was taken in by those evil st matthews scammers frm 06 til 2011 i never sent them much, a dollar here and there. I was curious, it was different religion, im catholic. I think i was suckered im more in 07, aftr my boyfriend died. Those buttheads prey on u when ur vunerable. I didnt have access 2the net til recently, so when i googled st matts, i saw they were scammers, saw their phone no, and left the sobs some angry msgs. I also told em 2remove me frm their mailing list. They finally did, but it took awhile, and any letters i still received i sent bk w refused, scam wrote on it. They r evil ppl 2 scam u in the name of God!