That awkward moment when some chick named Linda texts me thinking I'm the dude she met at the bar, and even after I tell her she has the wrong number proceeds to try sending me pictutes of herself..... DELETE, DELETE, DELETE.
Or you get one from a particular religion thinking that they are reaching one member of their own youth group, and when you explain that you're
*not* the intended recipient, the text you trying to convert you to their church...
DELETE-DELETE is usually tempting at first, but sometimes I start engaging them in theology, philosophy, epistemology, moral arguments, etc. Prov 27:17:
"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." So as long as they are polite and reasonably logical, I may test the waters - it may help me understand and clarify my own beliefs (even though I may disagree with the accidental stranger...)
But it's still an awkward moment at first ...
It can also be embarrassing for THEM - especially if the text was an invitation to do something that's supposed to be against their own rules ... this one bunch was arranging a meet-up point to buzz down to a casino overnight / back before (their) Sunday service... Several major denominations have a 'thing' against gambling... (MY religion does not prevent it as long as the loss of the amounts wagered do not take from necessary household obligations, i.e, don't bet [and lose] the family food bill, the car payment, mortgage, your kid's braces, etc.)