It’s Not Hidden Behind The Firewall

  Let me suggest a new lyric for an old favorite song:

Oh be careful little finger what you click

Oh be careful little finger what you type

For the Father up above

Is looking down in love

Oh be careful little one what you post

  We wouldn’t lie to our friends but we might post a story that’s not quite true.  We don’t gossip but we share the “news” stories that reek of it.  We would never insult or demean a person to their face but we ‘troll’ and ‘flame’ online.  We would never boast or be vain but we will Instagram our face and possessions.

  The Internet often fools us into thinking the screen is a mask, which obscures what we are doing. That mask is an illusion, rather than conceal it reveals. As Oscar Wilde said “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

  We need to be very careful how we participate in this growing cyber world. Many well-meaning people get pulled into attacks, gossip, rancor, and hate without seeing it for what it really is. Don’t let others sin pull you into the whirlpool

Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.

1^st Timothy 5:22

  Don’t repost too quickly and make yourself a party to the rumor mill. Don’t like without seeing what all you are ‘like’ing.  Don’t jump to a condemning conclusion till you know all the facts. Don’t let your angry be a cause of sin.

  Just because someone is posting sin, doesn’t mean you have to share it.