Give free Bibles to those in need! Click in here

Talk about anything in here.

Give free Bibles to those in need! Click in here

Postby Jaltus-bot » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:18 pm

By visiting "The Bible Site" on the Internet you can click a button that
will send a scripture portion to a persecuted Christian, funded completely
by sponsors of the site.

The success of this exciting campaign depends upon as many Christians as
possible visiting "The Bible Site" and encouraging others to do the same.
As more people visit and make free donations, awareness will be raised
about Christian persecution and thousands of Bibles will be provided to
our suffering brothers and sisters worldwide.

Visit "The Bible Site" right now by clicking on the link below, and then
notify your friends and contacts about this critical effort to get Bibles
into the hands of those who really need them by forwarding this email.

It's a simple, easy and free way to make a real difference!

Click here: http://www.TheBibleSite.org (or paste this link into your
browser).
When I feel blue, I start breathing again.

Asdvadz hedut ullah! (W. Armenian, "May God bless you!")

It's cosplay, get used to it.

"A hero need not speak. For when he is gone, the world will speak for him."

"One of the nice things about diseases of the brain is they tend to slip your mind." Colbert
User avatar
Jaltus-bot
 
Posts: 1822
Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:00 am
Location: Almost there.

Postby Rev. Doc » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:07 am

I'm somewhat confused about this practice. I have no problem in making more aware of the fact that many face persecution for their faith around the world today. And of course I would never object to the distribution of Scriptures to people. The problem I have is the fact that they obviously have the Scriptures available, they know where they need to be sent, however, they are going to withhold them unless or until someone visits their website. I find that somewhat counterproductive when we are commanded by Christ to be proactive in his commission. It just makes me a little uneasy as to what is actually taking place here.
"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible."
~George Burns
User avatar
Rev. Doc
 
Posts: 2025
Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:23 pm
Location: South Carolina

Postby Galant » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:12 am

Just a guess but I imagine it works something like this - Sending Bibles to people costs money. The money comes from sponsors. Sponsors however, are only going to sponsor something if they get publicity - it's a trade - you advertise us, and we pay you money for it - then the money gets used for the Bibles.

Now, the sponsors are only going to advertise where they will get good publicity therefore, the website asks people to visit - if it can maintain a certain number of hits, then ti can show itself to be a website with good traffic, and there's a good likelihood that the sponsoring businesses will get seen.

No?

EDIT: Nope. I was wrong. How it works

Apparently it's more of a goodwill thing. A sponsor agrees to donate one Bible (money) for every one visit to the website (and a click on the button). Therefore, the more clicks, the more Bibles get sent. Kind of like a sponsored run where a sponsor says they'll give one dollar for every mile run or whatever.
No trees were harmed in the creation of this message. However, many electrons were displaced and terribly inconvenienced.

Adopted by Starfire!

OATS - for Shoobie goodness!
User avatar
Galant
 
Posts: 323
Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:23 pm
Location: Gibraltar

Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:49 am

for some reason the box wont appear in firefox... but will so in IE
User avatar
Mr. SmartyPants
 
Posts: 12541
Joined: Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:00 am

Postby Linksquest » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:41 pm

Rev. Doc wrote:I'm somewhat confused about this practice. I have no problem in making more aware of the fact that many face persecution for their faith around the world today. And of course I would never object to the distribution of Scriptures to people. The problem I have is the fact that they obviously have the Scriptures available, they know where they need to be sent, however, they are going to withhold them unless or until someone visits their website. I find that somewhat counterproductive when we are commanded by Christ to be proactive in his commission. It just makes me a little uneasy as to what is actually taking place here.


I agree Rev. That is sorta fishie.

Why don't we all rapidly click on the button like a thousand times?!??!?! reload page, and repeat!
DO YOU FLY FOR FUN?!

I give props to these ANIMEs/MANGAs: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, AZUMANGA DAIOH, MONSTER, SAILOR MOON SERIES, AKAGE NO ANNE, BOTTLE FAIRY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, PARANOIA AGENT, YAKITATE!! JAPAN, UTAWARERUMONO, KANON, FULL MOON WO SAGASHITE, & YOTSUBA&!

LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
Unlucky Secret Bump Thread Member #13

"WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT ENERGY BILLS!"
User avatar
Linksquest
 
Posts: 1859
Joined: Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:14 am
Location: MerryLand

Postby Slater » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:54 pm

like google ads, I'm sure that they track which IPs do it and how often, and if you do it too often they block you from contributing.
Image
User avatar
Slater
 
Posts: 2671
Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 10:00 am
Location: Pacifica, Caliphornia


Return to General

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 134 guests