Friday, January 15, 2010

The Sky is Falling

Are atheists petitioning the FCC to ban religious broadcasting?

E-mail describes Juval Aviv's predictions for upcoming terrorist attacks on the U.S.

Are some brands of cat litter radioactive?

Everyday we are bombarded with emails. How many do we read and simply pass on without checking them out. Many emails have been circulating for years. If we pass things on that may not be true isn’t that gossip. I get concerned when I hear my country is being threatened. Even if it is in an email. Like Chicken Little, if we continue to pass along false statements, when will we know if the Sky is truly falling. I prefer to use Snopes.com to check it out. I also like to reply to whoever sends me the email so that they know if something is true or not. A simple Copy and paste of the URL is sufficient. Remember the Internet is full of information provided by other people. It may be true, or it may not be. Even working with Genealogy through the internet needs to be researched. I have seen several variations of the same family tree. That alone could start a whole new talk show. As in life we must use good judgment as we continue to feed the electronic database we call the internet.

http://www.snopes.com/

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