Update on comments

A few days ago I wrote that I had to reject some comments that have been coming in because I could not read the language and did not know if they were legitimate comments or if they had another purpose.  Since posting that I've received a number of comments that proved my fears were correct.  Some are in what appears to be an Oriental language followed by a series of dots.  As I moved my curser over the dots they appeared to be links to various pornographic sites.  I didn't open them to find out, but the site names certainly sounded like they may have been pornographic.  I have received some other comments in English, but they didn't sound right and appeared to be advertisements for various products.  Hopefully, my virus protection would protect me if people are trying to infect my computer with a virus in one of these spurious comments, but my rule of thumb is that if something on an e-mail doesn't seem right I don't open it.  I use the same rule for comments on my blog.  I would like to make a few quick comments about the comments.

First, if you respond to this blog in a language other than English your comments will not be posted.  For those whose comments would be legitimate I apologize.  I wish I spoke and read languages other than English, but I do not.  I have a lot of admiration for those who are able to converse in several languages, but I can't.  I will not post a comment that I can't read and possibly expose my readers to material that is immoral.  I hope you will understand and not be offended.

Secondly, I have two comments for those who have nothing more to do than to try to sneak something onto a Christian web site that could be morally offensive or harmful to people's computers.  The first comment is to get a life.  My days are so filled with constructive things to do that I cannot imagine anyone who has nothing more to do than to try to disrupt other people's lives.  I feel sorry for people whose lives are so empty they have nothing better to do than to send bogus comments to a blog.  A lot of people could be helped with some of the energy you waste on such activities.

The second comment I would make is that if your life really is that empty, you can fill that emptiness you feel inside with a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  I know that there are times when that emptiness seems overwhelming, and I know there are times when you are filled with a sense of guilt and shame for the web sites you are viewing and the ways you are trying to corrupt others with your activities.  Christ died on the cross so your sins could be forgiven and your guilt and shame taken away.  I encourage you to turn your life over to Him and let Him fill your life with His presence.  He will show you a more excellent way to live if you'll just invite Him into your life.  If you doubt that He is real or that He can do the things I've said, I encourage you to read this book and then decide.