Hahahahahahahahah!  And speaking of that, I forgot I had the caps lock on. 
See how it is?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad D" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: phill and sandys anniversary!


> Happy birthday Jen and happy anniversary to Phil and Sandy. A few days 
> early but Jen, when  you're over fourty ya got to act on things when it is 
> in the mind :). Notice I didn't include Phil and Sandy to that note, they 
> already know :).
>
> Brad
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> At 07:22 PM 1/1/2008, you wrote:
>>Hey phil!
>>
>>You and sandy got married on my birthday!  How cool is that!  Or, i should
>>say, i was born on your anniversary!  lol!
>>
>>Jenifer Gilley
>>Christ came that we may have life everlasting!
>>  Email:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>>Behalf Of Phil Scovell
>>Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 4:29 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Give Me, Give Me
>>
>>
>>Although Sandy and I have almost been married for 37 years, well,
>>as of January the eighth of next month that is, I have just about
>>had it up to here with e harmony dot com advertisements.  The
>>other day, while watching something on a satellite channel,
>>another one of their commercials came on.  As I listened, I asked
>>myself, why don't they run a bunch of commercials of people who
>>got married, then divorced, or people who got together through
>>their online services, and then split up.  Don't they know, or
>>don't we know, that it is often the case that opposites match and
>>not those who are 29 dimensions of compatibility?  I mean, how
>>many years have these e harmony commercials been running?  Three
>>maybe?  Four?  By the way, I have done a little research and
>>talked with singles who have logged on to e harmony looking for
>>someone compatible.  One guy I pray with found a lady locally,
>>they dated a few times, and broke up.  Another lady I pray with
>>from Indiana said some of the questions she had to fill out would
>>have classified her as a nut so she gave up and never did answer
>>all the question.  Another lady in Arizona, who was living with a
>>man who was deeply into online and print pornography and weirded
>>out on dumb video games as a grown man, broke up with him because
>>she realized Jesus should be more important to her than what this
>>guy was doing for her, and to her, and guess what?  He isn't even
>>a Christian, well, he says he got born again in high school, and a
>>chicken has lips, too, and he joined e harmony and is now dating a
>>gal locally.  I wonder if e harmony has a question that asked,
>>"Are you addicted to pornography and video games?"  Somehow, I
>>doubt it and besides, if a man was so addicted, do you honestly
>>think he'd admit to it when filling out the 29 dimensions of
>>compatibility report?  I wouldn't, that's for sure, and I'm not
>>even addicted, to porno that is.  Anyhow, I just wonder about such
>>things like this when watching some of these mega ministry shows,
>>and I used the correct word, shows, on TV who read all these
>>glowing reports of people who sent in their last 50 dollars and
>>got 5,000 dollars in return within 24 hours.  I think, "Why don't
>>they read the letters of people who went bust after sending in
>>their last 50 dollars or who have written back and said, I want my
>>money back because you didn't make it work?"  I know, I think
>>backwards about such things but maybe we should think about the
>>other aspects of such things, especially since e harmony is
>>supposed to be run by a Christian guy in the first place.
>>Wouldn't you think churches should be putting people together
>>instead of a freaking website making millions of dollars in the
>>first place or what?  I was listening to a Christian network TV
>>show, there's that word again, the other day and the man and
>>woman, I didn't recognize who they were, were talking about how to
>>be blessed financially.  Their suggestion, no, their divine
>>revelation, if you please, was based upon 200 freaking dollars.  I
>>didn't even have 20 at the time so I was a sub standard Christian
>>apparently.  However, they were reading dumb letters and telling
>>even dumber testimonies about people who sent in their last 200
>>dollars and how they were getting thousands of dollars in return
>>within a day or week.  They were, of course, recommending you do
>>the same and not to your own church but to their ministry.  No big
>>surprise there.  I wanted to call their hot line for Jesus up and
>>say, "Hey, why don't you send me, and all your 5 million
>>listeners, 200 dollars a piece and let God bless you instead?
>>What is this, give me, give me, give me, theology you keep
>>preaching.  Ain't you ever heard of giving?"  I figured they'd
>>just hang up on me without sending me 200 dollars in the first
>>place so I skipped calling them.  I think I told the story of my
>>mom calling me years ago, she is passed away now, and she and my
>>step dad, were attending the largest church in Denver.  This
>>church, by the way, was one of the churches where, in their branch
>>ministry, a couple of people were shot and killed in recent weeks.
>>Anyhow, mom was really confused and had worry in her voice when
>>she called.  She told me that this church, the previous Sunday
>>morning, passed out sealed envelopes, following a very passionate
>>sermon that was preached.  People were asked not to open their
>>envelopes until they were instructed to do so.  The sermon, of
>>course, was about financial blessings we can receive from God if
>>we are generous.  It was probably, you go first, type of preaching
>>but that is just a cynical suggestion on my part.  Anyhow, the
>>members, of which there were about 5,000 in attendance that
>>morning, when told to open their envelopes, each were given a 20
>>dollar bill.  They were told that the church just wanted to bless
>>them financially and that they could return the money in the
>>offering next Sunday, if they liked, take their family out to
>>eat, by some ice cream, or do whatever they desired with the
>>money.  If they think you can take your family out to eat for just
>>20 bucks, they have rocks in their head but I digress.  I asked my
>>mom what she and my step dad were going to do with the money?  She
>>said, "Well, we are going to give it back.  What else?"  Guess
>>what the offering was next Sunday?  Mom told me that, based upon
>>the number of adults, and remember, out of 5,000 people in the
>>auditorium, there were lots of children, too, the total amount
>>the adults were given 20,000 dollars.  Yes, indeedie.  They done
>>announced this dollar amount from the pulpit.  No, I have no idea
>>why they made such an announcement.  I thought the Bible said not
>>to let the right hand no what the left hand is doing when it came
>>to money but maybe I have never understood that theology in the
>>first place.  So, the next Sunday, the offering is taken and
>>quickly counted.  The total was 30,000 dollars.  Ain't that nice?
>>Mom said they put extra money in that next Sunday, too, besides
>>the 20 bucks they each got.  Why?  Well, shoot.  Everyone wants
>>God to bless them financially.  right?  Anyhow, this is my way of
>>starting out the new year.  I want everybody to send me 200
>>dollars.  If you don't have that, I'll take 20 dollars.  If you
>>don't have that, I'll take 2 dollars.  If you don't have 2
>>dollars, I'll take a dollar.  If you don't have even that much,
>>forget it.  God won't bless you if you are that cheap.
>>
>>Phil.
>>
>>
>>The Curse That Works Is The One We Believe
>>WWW.SafePlaceFellowship.com
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