[net.religion] Rev. Ewing's Church by Mail

thielges@uiuccsb.UUCP (04/19/84)

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uiuccsb!thielges    Apr 19 09:37:00 1984

Has anyone had any experience with Rev. Ewing's Church by Mail ?
The Church by Mail appears to be a highly automated series of mailings
designed to milk money from god fearing citizens.  Every mailing that I 
have recieved mentioned or implied that if I "planted a seed with the Lord"
that I would be repaid many fold.  Testimonies are included which tell of
people who sent Rev. Ewing $20 regularly and then won big in the state
lottery.  Throught all of the letters, there is heavy emphasis on money...
the basic subliminal idea is give money to Rev. Ewing and the lord will
guarentee (he's such a nice guy, he wouldn't cheat anyone) great rewards.

As I see it, this mailing borders on mail fraud.  I'm sure that they
are operating within legal limits, but ethics is another story.

If anyone wants Rev. Ewings address, I'll mail it to you.  He sends great
(funny) freebees like a Jesus nightlight, prayer rug, and money cross.
				Bart Thielges
				...uiucdcs!thielges