Thursday
May272010
Should Christians be on Facebook
Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 01:06PM
To Facebook or not to Facebook? Read 10 things R.C. Sproul Jr. has to say about Facebook and social networking.
It'll make you think.
Reader Comments (4)
"Why are our updates all about our victories- I just made cookies for the family; My son just hit the game winning home run; rather than our failures- I just shouted at my little girl; I left my computer on the airplane and it’s gone?"
That got me thinking.
I just finished reading this. Got me thinking, too.
I haven't read the article yet, but I am guessing that it will confirm many of my reasons for leaving FB. I have not regretted one minute since deletion. Whew.
I thought that each of his points could apply equally to anything in our lives - using the test of the 10 questions he poses about Facebook could (and possibly should) lead us to challenge our involvement in any activity, whether Facebook, housework, work-work, and, as he pointed out at the end of his article, even church involvement/activities, etc. How many children grew up turned off by "church" because their parents were so involved in the work of the church that they neglected their families?