Christian Mingle really really wants me to join.

[Curmudgeoness]

My spam folder is full of invitations. The last one said that I can have a free trial.

I wonder if I should take them up on that free trial.

This dating site must be as desparate as the guys who would respond to the "big penis" email spam. I suppose that there are not enough Christians joining, so they are ready to recruit just about anyone----like an atheist. That says something about their business model, and the quality of the Christians on the site.

Tsk tsk.

[kdmorris]

1. You mean the same one that just had some guy

accused of raping a woman he met on the site? Why ANYONE would join at this point is completely beyond me! (not that I understood why anyone would join before that!)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/18/california-christian-dating-site-rape-suspect/1929047/

[Curmudgeoness]

2. See, that's what happens

when they invite everyone in. A real Christian would never have done this. What a despicable human being!

If I am a Christian, looking for a partner who is Christian, I would expect that the people on this site would have had some screening....but I guess not. "Spark states that it "does not conduct background checks on the members or subscribers of this website."

I don't have much else to say, since I was flamed for having an opinion of this issue that apparently was not popular.

[onager]

3. I'll join with you!

Then...

1. We'll get (virtually) married.

2. Get ourselves on one of those no-god-damned, annoying Xian Tingle TV commercials...

3. In which we will profusely thank Xian Tingle for bringing us together...while beaming at the camera and blinking...but...

4. We'll be blinking our eyelids in Morse code, which will spell out: "Surprise! We're atheists!"

[progressoid]

5. Tingle!!!

Now I won't be able to see that ad without thinking about christians tingling.

Bad onager

[Curmudgeoness]

6. I was wondering

how they found me. Then I thought of all the times I do searches for Bible verses to destroy some Christian argument....so it could be that my computer searches make it look like I am devout. And I am. Just not what it appears to be.

So you think joining would be a hoot, do you?

[mr blur]

8. Join immediately!

So that I won't have to.

(I think they're on to me at Rapture Ready)

[progressoid]

4. Christians don't need artificial means to get a "big penis".

They can pray their penises bigger.

It's a MIRACLE!

[Curmudgeoness]

7. LOL, if that were the case,

there would be a lot more well-endowed men who could always get an erection.

Me, I don't have that problem......duh. Maybe they figure I will buy it for that man in my life who isn't Christian enough to have his prayers answered????

[LiberalFighter]

19. To make their penis bigger they need to

1) cut off their penis
2) fill it with expanding foam
3) reattach penis

[smokey nj]

9. They've been spamming me too.

[Curmudgeoness]

10. God, they'll take anyone, won't they?

If they are asking you and me, they are really hard up.

So do you have religious discussions in emails too? I am wondering if they are monitoring my emails to target me. Too bad that they can't tell the difference between my quoting Biblical verses to tell a pinhead that they are not being Christian, and my being a true believer trying to be a prophet.

[smokey nj]

11. I don't think I've ever discussed religion in an e-mail. I also get spam from match.com and e

harmony. Can't figure out why.

[Curmudgeoness]

12. No big penis spam?

I also get the other dating sites, but not as much as Christian Mingle.....LOL.

I can't figure it out either. I have never been to a dating site, and I never will. I also have no penis, much less a penis with problems.

Spam is so indiscriminate.

[smokey nj]

13. I used to get a lot of boner pill spam but that seems to have died down.

Christian Mingle does seem to be the most persistent of the dating sites, though.

[BillStein]

14. I really want to join

Just so I can get one of those "I met my husband on christian mingle" T-shirts!

[Curmudgeoness]

15. Hey, I hear that they are looking for you too.

They really really want you to join. If enough atheists keep getting this spam, we may all the joining just for grins....and we may find each other. On Christian Mingle. Now THAT would be hilarious.

Can't you just buy one of those t-shirts? Sounds a lot easier than joining.

[awoke_in_2003]

21. Okay, it took me a minute...

That would be great.

[Arugula Latte]

16. Of course you want to know who "God's Match For You" is, don't you?

I mean, apparently God was a pathetic disorganized schlamiel before the Interwebz came along.

[Curmudgeoness]

17. I never looked at it that way.

But of course! This is the perfect place to find that special someone who god intends for me. I mean, he wouldn't make it easy for me and throw some great guy in my path, would he?

[onager]

18. And apparently is still a pathetic disorganized schlemiel...

From the Xian Tingle "Endorsements" page:

You log onto Christian Mingle.com and allow God to use this process to help you discover the person He has for you. Give God an opportunity to work through Christian Mingle. ~Pastor Jay Dennis Sr. Pastor, First Baptist Church at the Mall, Lakeland, FL

"Allow God to use this process...Give God an opportunity..."

WTF? Excuse me, isn't that sumbitch supposed to be OMNIPOTENT?*

And the quoted Pastor Jay has a mug shot up with his endorsement. He looks like a not especially successful used-car salesman. Looking at his photo, I immediately thought of Jerry Lundegard desperately pitching that undercoat job in "Fargo."

*Even the Old Testament hedges the "omnipotent" bet, as we snarky atheists have been pointing out, probably since the damn thing was first written:

Judges 1:19: And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

So there you have it. Ol' Mr. Omnipotence was completely stopped in his tracks by... iron chariots. Damn, I'd love to see s/h/it** try to deal with a modern Abrams, Leopard or T-90 tank.

**Pronoun I have used for the Xian God ever since a believer told me God was simultaneously male, female and neither. Where's a Sophisticated Theologian when you really need one?

[uriel1972]

20. If you really need a Sophisticated Theologian

Then man, you are really in trouble.
As a side note everywhere I go on the internet I am followed by Christian Mingle. They must be desperate.