James' Rant - Christianity and MySpace
Ok peoples', it's that time again. Time for me to give the world a piece of my mind. Yes, a James' rant, the first for a long time. This one is about some typical "Christian" myspace things:
Item the first:
Please stop it with the "If you don't repost this you're going to hell" bulletins. These are crap and are idiotic and not much else needs to be said about them. I very much doubt that Jesus will judge you by weither or not you didn't repost a myspace bulletin telling people they are "with Satan" rather then by what He said he'd judge you by: weither or not you accept his free gift of salvation. These bulletin posts are not only demeaning and insulting to other people, but also hurt Christianity as a whole. It only expounds the stereotype that all Christians judge others harshly and are "in your face". Also, why waste your time being so adamant about God on myspace when where you should be showing your Christianity is in real life where it can actually affect people such as at school or work? I think many of these people are too scared to express their faith in real life and so they overcompensate for it online where not only do they not get attacked for it but also where no one takes them seriously. Honestly if you are going to be posting any Christian bulletins it should be about "My youth group is having this thing..." or "This is a neat thing God is doing in my life today..." which are not only more positive, but are also more likely to get people interested in Christianity rather then "YOU SHALL BURN IN HELL IF YOU DON'T REPOST!!!"
Item the Second:
If you are going to be a Christian on myspace, BE ONE. I am tired to death of how many profiles there are that list themselves as Christian or in thier "About me..." say things like "Jesus is my life and my homeboy" or "I live for God!" and then their default image is them flipping off the camera or their background is a blonde bimbo wearing almost nothing or every other word in their blogs or bulletins is "f-ck". Can we all stop pretending now? If you are going to say you are a Christian, and you truely mean it, then act like one. I'm not saying that you have to give up the world but you can at least be decent. I would choose an honest athiest over a fake Christian any day.
Item the first:
Please stop it with the "If you don't repost this you're going to hell" bulletins. These are crap and are idiotic and not much else needs to be said about them. I very much doubt that Jesus will judge you by weither or not you didn't repost a myspace bulletin telling people they are "with Satan" rather then by what He said he'd judge you by: weither or not you accept his free gift of salvation. These bulletin posts are not only demeaning and insulting to other people, but also hurt Christianity as a whole. It only expounds the stereotype that all Christians judge others harshly and are "in your face". Also, why waste your time being so adamant about God on myspace when where you should be showing your Christianity is in real life where it can actually affect people such as at school or work? I think many of these people are too scared to express their faith in real life and so they overcompensate for it online where not only do they not get attacked for it but also where no one takes them seriously. Honestly if you are going to be posting any Christian bulletins it should be about "My youth group is having this thing..." or "This is a neat thing God is doing in my life today..." which are not only more positive, but are also more likely to get people interested in Christianity rather then "YOU SHALL BURN IN HELL IF YOU DON'T REPOST!!!"
Item the Second:
If you are going to be a Christian on myspace, BE ONE. I am tired to death of how many profiles there are that list themselves as Christian or in thier "About me..." say things like "Jesus is my life and my homeboy" or "I live for God!" and then their default image is them flipping off the camera or their background is a blonde bimbo wearing almost nothing or every other word in their blogs or bulletins is "f-ck". Can we all stop pretending now? If you are going to say you are a Christian, and you truely mean it, then act like one. I'm not saying that you have to give up the world but you can at least be decent. I would choose an honest athiest over a fake Christian any day.
posted by Linwood at 4:55 PM
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