Playing God?

I often admire people who are good at writing short stories which are very moving and inspiring at times. I guess over 90% of these stories are carrying some religious or spiritual themes. Presumably, the writers are people of deep spiritual conviction who are so eager to share their faith/beliefs, whether solicited or otherwise. And stories of this type flood our inbox everyday.

How good the stories might be, it always iritates me when at the end part, the writer would ask you to forward the message to your friends with a promise of “miracles” or “blessings” if you do and some “curse” if you don’t. What a ___! Isn’t it obvious that these people are playing the role of God? What is more disturbing is that many seemingly logical and sane people (whom we call friends!) are more than willing to participate in the “Playing God” scheme. What I usually do when I get these mails in my inbox? Go to the end of the story first and if the “forward instructions” are there, delete the mail without reading the story. Tell me bout your story, of course, related to this post, hehehe. ‘Til next…