The messages are simple enough.Some include a prayer, others offer stories or pictures.
Then, slipped into the cyber-epistle, the kicker: If you love God and/or are not ashamed of your religious beliefs, forward the e-mail to a particular number of people.
"Sometimes they are genuine witnessing tools and some of them have a very good, theologically sound, powerful message," said Doug Wilson, assistant professor of Christian studies at the University of Mobile in Alabama.
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