I clicked on it and was directed to jesus2020.com, home of Global Media Outreach. I also had an opportunity to click on the "4 Steps to God" but that just felt like too much work. By the way, does that mean Jesus is coming in 2020? Again, I didn't feel like looking it up but I'd like to be prepared, in a wear-clean-underwear-in-case-of-Rapture kind of way.
I scrolled to the bottom of the page, where I was asked if I'd read the prayer.Since I saw no consequence in lying (cue thunder), I clicked on the big YES. Here's what I saw:

I've been too busy rejecting the possibility of an all-powerful being to learn how to do a proper screenshot, so I'm sorry if the image is too small. Click on the image to enlarge or possibly go directly to Hell, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
I had a hard time deciding whether I was choosing Christ or recommitting myself to Him. It's been a long time since I taught Sunday school--no one was confirmed that year--but I've recently become uncomfortable sporting my "I gave myself to Jesus but now he never calls" t-shirt in public. Christians wear crosses as a symbol of their belief. I just happen to wear nasty t-shirts as mine.
I filled out the form and got a quick reply. Of course! If the logistical problem of listening to billions of sniveling prayers for such luxuries as iPhones or clean water doesn't bother God, why should it be a problem for an internet-savvy cyber-church?
Here's the email I received.
Kathcom,
This is to confirm that we have received your request for personal assistance. Please do not reply to this e-mail.
You should receive a personal response by e-mail within the next several business days.
Sincerely,
Response Centers staff
P.S. Your Question/Comment was:
I said the prayer. Where's my cake?
I'll keep you posted. My eternal damnation may be riding on my email provider. Yes, I'm an atheist. But just in case Pascal was right, I don't want to be standing around holding my johnson saying, "Oh, shit".
Okay, so I don't have a johnson. But trust me, if I did, I might as well be holding it if Jesus shows up.
More Jesus juice:
Have Your Cake and Eat Me, too!
It's a good thing....

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Thanks for the link...yeah, I wanted to click on that ad too. I thought it uncanny it went up there inside of 20 minutes of that post. Unfortunately, I did not click on that since adSense frowns on that, and I don't want to do anything that makes adSense frown. Well, most of the time. Thanks again, and I love your sight...
"You should receive a personal response by e-mail within the next several business days."
Too fricking funny for words. We love you, we're concerned about you, God loves you, but only during business hours?
Don, when I had Adsense on my site, I wrote about Louise Hay being a charlatan and Google put ads for her workshop up immediately.
Thanks for your post-I've had the same thing happen with Entrecard--lots of spiritual, navel-gazing sites applying.
Bill, I was thinking that, too. Isn't God's business open 24/7? It's the weekend now, so I guess I'll have to hope Judgment Day doesn't happen this weekend. If it does, I'm screwed.
I suspect the Atheist/charlatan sites are targeted by the thumpers. They likely have the mistaken idea that a non-believer will click on the link and magically be saved.
There's a whole lot of that going on at MySpace. If Friend Requests from Atheists or Agnostics are waiting to be approved, there are many times several Google Ads for "Jesus Loves You" and "Hot Christian Singles" right there along side the Friend Requests.
I'll be curious to find out if you get a reply during business hours next week since you requested cake. (Surely they weed out obviously facetious messages.... or do they think it might be a chance for a convert?)
Susan, in this case it's Google that's placing the ads on Don's site, because Jesus is mentioned. Adsense's crawl-bots don't have a filter for irony, I suspect.
I've had more than one person denigrate me for being irreverent; but doesn't that make me exactly the kind of person a Christian should want to save?
I think my sarcasm will not be lost on the fine people answering God's emails, since I listed my last name as "Beelzebub".
Here's the email my mother sent me regarding this post. (She subscribes to my blog and is very cool.)
"Okay.... Your Mother.... P.S. I wear two crosses. Can you manage two tee shirts?"
How about an atheist t-shirt with a "Jesus is coming--look busy" button on it?
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