Sometimes I write something and I know people are going to run across it and send me nasty or bizarre e-mail. Other times, I am surprised at how much people have personally vested in things that I have dismissed or slammed.
For example, John Edward turns out to have fans who are almost as dedicated as animal rights activists in coming to his defense. I’ve written a couple of things about Edwards, and received quite a bit of e-mail.
Several of his fans demanded that I either prove to them that it was impossible to communicate with the dead or else apologize to Edwards. A couple folks rather impolitely suggested that I was simply jealous of Edwards’ abilities and should get a life (that’s my G-rated version of their missives).
But the real kicker was the one I received yesterday from a person who said that she is going to pray for me to overcome my “doubtful mind” and insists that once I “cross over” I’ll understand where Edwards was coming from (and she did reassure me that despite my doubts, God will still accept me in the hereafter).