CycloneErik
Well-Known Member
1 Corinthians 10:31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
If posting in cyberspace is part of what a person does, then God absolutely wants us to praise Him in cyberspace.
Whether people are backing up their Facebook posts with actual action is another matter that I can't judge from here. Their idea is sound, though.
Facebook is just turning into the new email that people forward to everyone.
Now it is click "like if you remember this" and there will be a picture of Captain Kangeroo (That was this morning when I got on Facebook)
Yesterday there was a picture of a kid who had been in a horrific accident. Broken skull and face all mashed up. If you click "like" it will show the parents you are rooting for their kid to get better.
Last week someone posted a picture of a beaten women with "click like and share" if you don't like spousal abuse.
Now it is click "like if you remember this" and there will be a picture of Captain Kangeroo (That was this morning when I got on Facebook)
Yesterday there was a picture of a kid who had been in a horrific accident. Broken skull and face all mashed up. If you click "like" it will show the parents you are rooting for their kid to get better.
Last week someone posted a picture of a beaten women with "click like and share" if you don't like spousal abuse.
I enjoy the "I grew up and drank from the water hose, played until the street lights came on, blah blah blah" ones. Also, "It's national love your wife, kids, grandparents week on facebook". I am pretty sure those come around more often than once a year on there.
If more than 50% of somebody's post start to be that kind of "e-mail forward"-type stuff (especially if it's stuff I don't find funny or interesting), I check off that I don't want them to show up in my newsfeed anymore. It works out pretty well, because most of the time it's been old high school acquaintances or cousins I'm not that close to that are the worst culprits, so I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything from people I actually try to keep in touch with.
I bet nothing can beat several posts that I've encountered:
People post the corpse pictures of their deceased family members (child or spouse or wife). Some of them post the face of the corpse close-up, right inside the coffin. Some only post pictures of the coffins.
While I sympathize on their loss, I don't want to see any picture of the dead. A lot of people even don't limit the privacy of the pictures, so when my friend post comment on those pics, I could get a notification.
People post the corpse pictures of their deceased family members (child or spouse or wife). Some of them post the face of the corpse close-up, right inside the coffin. Some only post pictures of the coffins.
While I sympathize on their loss, I don't want to see any picture of the dead. A lot of people even don't limit the privacy of the pictures, so when my friend post comment on those pics, I could get a notification.
A friend of mine is a probation officer. It seems a lot of people on probation don't understand that you can change privacy settings on facebook. They will post pictures of themselves at bars or parties drinking. Probation officers don't call them out on it directly but will say that they know someone who saw them drinking.
Along these lines, I can't stand when people use "nom, nom, nom."
"Rice Krispy Treats! Nom, nom, nom."
