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I read an interesting Facebook post from a Christian friend tonight. She said that she will defriend any friend who writes a post with a swear word and that she has just defriended three people for this reason.
None of them know Christ, according to additional posts she posted when people commented on her original post.
As a Christian who doesn't use swear words, I'm sometimes surprised when they pop up on Facebook. But they are always posts from unsaved friends and I've never considered defriending them for this reason. My reasoning behind this is that perhaps one day they'll read one of my posts about my relationship with Christ, or a link to a Christian website or video and they'll be inspired to explore Christianity. If I cut them off, how do I know that there's anyone else out there to witness to them?
Any thoughts on this? It really led to a lively debate on my friend's Facebook page.
I also usually defriend my quasi-friends whose posts annoy me. Only if they are spammers though. If their posts are rare I usually just over look them.
If I cut them off, how do I know that there's anyone else out there to witness to them? Any thoughts on this? It really led to a lively debate on my friend's Facebook page.
I don't mean to be rude Lisa but honestly, this is the United States of America. Facebook is hardly the only place where they will hear the word. We have street preachers on almost every block. We have christian tv channels they can stumble on while watching television. There's Christian books at every walmart and big store in the country. All of our hotels have Bibles inside of them. Half of our population is Christian so you can easily strike up a conservation about that. There are churches on every block on every street. If you live in this country, you will never have an excuse that you didn't hear the word. I don't think de-friending a few atheist is going to keep God from doing whatever he can to witness to them. I had to keep myself from friend requesting atheist were my friends in real life. Because I don't want to deal with them. I don't want to deal with the comments and the hardy-hars if I want to post a Christian article or make a comment about the last days. I don't worry about them getting the word because they get it everyday of their lives. You don't have to feel guilty. You do what is right for you. There is no excuse any atheist will be able to give God at the judgment seat that they never heard the word.
Seriously, swearing means you're an atheist? Oh please. I swear more than I should, sorry about that, but I'm not an atheist. I sin in lots of other ways too, but I'm not perfect, like your Facebook friend apparently is.
P.S. I swear out loud, not on Facebook, so maybe that is okey dokey with your friend?
I read an interesting Facebook post from a Christian friend tonight. She said that she will defriend any friend who writes a post with a swear word and that she has just defriended three people for this reason.
None of them know Christ, according to additional posts she posted when people commented on her original post.
As a Christian who doesn't use swear words, I'm sometimes surprised when they pop up on Facebook. But they are always posts from unsaved friends and I've never considered defriending them for this reason. My reasoning behind this is that perhaps one day they'll read one of my posts about my relationship with Christ, or a link to a Christian website or video and they'll be inspired to explore Christianity. If I cut them off, how do I know that there's anyone else out there to witness to them?
Any thoughts on this? It really led to a lively debate on my friend's Facebook page.
Christ ate and drank with publicans and sinners....Ya think He might of heard some rough talk?...He did not come to call the righteous but the unrighteous to repentance...Sounds like your friend in spiritually immature and has a long way to go learning knowledge...The Bible says to be in the world and not of it...Just because some of her saved friends swear does not mean that she has to in order to be their friends...Do you think Christ pushed people away for swearing?...If He did no one would have been there to hear Him because He would have been all by Himself...BTW, swearing and cursing in the scriptures does not carry the meaning that we use those words for today...swearing means to take an oath and cursing means to call something bad down on someone....Like "may you break your leg"...That is a curse...
I don't mean to be rude Lisa but honestly, this is the United States of America. Facebook is hardly the only place where they will hear the word. We have street preachers on almost every block. We have christian tv channels they can stumble on while watching television. There's Christian books at every walmart and big store in the country. All of our hotels have Bibles inside of them. Half of our population is Christian so you can easily strike up a conservation about that. There are churches on every block on every street. If you live in this country, you will never have an excuse that you didn't hear the word. I don't think de-friending a few atheist is going to keep God from doing whatever he can to witness to them. I had to keep myself from friend requesting atheist were my friends in real life. Because I don't want to deal with them. I don't want to deal with the comments and the hardy-hars if I want to post a Christian article or make a comment about the last days. I don't worry about them getting the word because they get it everyday of their lives. You don't have to feel guilty. You do what is right for you. There is no excuse any atheist will be able to give God at the judgment seat that they never heard the word.
Even if they don't hear the word...They are still without excuse....
I read an interesting Facebook post from a Christian friend tonight. She said that she will defriend any friend who writes a post with a swear word and that she has just defriended three people for this reason.
None of them know Christ, according to additional posts she posted when people commented on her original post.
As a Christian who doesn't use swear words, I'm sometimes surprised when they pop up on Facebook. But they are always posts from unsaved friends and I've never considered defriending them for this reason. My reasoning behind this is that perhaps one day they'll read one of my posts about my relationship with Christ, or a link to a Christian website or video and they'll be inspired to explore Christianity. If I cut them off, how do I know that there's anyone else out there to witness to them?
Any thoughts on this? It really led to a lively debate on my friend's Facebook page.
She sounds like a hypocritical judgmental snot. Perhaps she needs a refresher course in how one is supposed to live while claiming to follow Jesus. Based on the above...she needs it.
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