Thoughts on "CyberCrits" and the Church
People "New" to Facebook, Chatting, Texting, and Social Networking all feel a certain "secret" pleasure at being somewhat anonymous, and almost always, something they are not.
In 90% of the people I meet and fellowship on line with, almost none of them do not "feel" an accountability for the words they write. They don't realize that the words they are writing will stay on the internet. The Statements they are making are going to follow them long after they have forgotten they said them.
"At the time" a person may "mouth off" venting some frustration, but later when read, to the embarrassment of the individual, the Words come back to bite them because someone somewhere will quote them back to you. In "normal" personal conversation, two parties can "get together" and "hash out" their differences and solve most issues. While words spoken are recorded in heaven, the words we speak to each other, we have a chance to make amends by forgiveness, restitution, explanation and personal contact.
NOT SO ON THE INTERNET
People I talk to all have a Cyber-Personality they portray, "knowingly or not" by their postings and style they present themselves. This is good and bad. Bad in that a person becomes what they are writing in so far as if they are hostile on the Internet, they are more than likely a hostile person in real life, but suppressing it with outward covers.
But put them on the Internet and they "think" the WWW means WILD WILD WEST and they go to town and try to tear up the place presuming "no one knows". WHOOPS, surprise, behind the scenes of the Internet, ALL information is recorded. Not in some conspiracy theory but just because it is data. Thats it. Pure and simple.
But the Bible warned us about words, and if you haven't realized; you are what you read or "see".
Cybercrits are the new hypocrites.
They are the "vogue" of modern "mega-ministries" and pandered to by 21st Century Church.
It goes something like this, I don't have time to go to church, I don't have time to be in church, so I'll catch a podcast, or a Text, watch on IPAD and phone and YOU TUBBIE my fellowship my catching a Flashversion or "real time" broadcast. While none of these are bad WITH a church and participating IN a fellowship setting. NONE of these excuse hypocrisy on the Internet. How so? Have someone who is NOT YOU read the last few hundred lines of text you wrote. Is that the real you? Are you representing yourself as Loving? Or are you words, and your sins, finding you out?
The Church wants to help, but it often plays catch up because it needs the person it is seeking to help.
YOU.
CyberCrits never realize that the selfishness they are exercising is a denial of the personal experiences God Gave to the Person TO SHARE with another person in Church.
ANYONE can CYBER LOVE just like everyone can make up an excuse
NOT TO GET PERSONAL IN CHURCH
or
NOT TO GO.
The question then a person must ask is:
Just How Personal Really is Your God?
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