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Jesus Said to Love Your Enemies. So Why Are Christians So Angry on Facebook?

By Filings on Fri, 06/26/26
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“Open any feed for five minutes and you will find people who claim to follow Jesus tearing into politicians, mocking other faiths, and treating old grudges like trophies. The man they say they follow looked down from a cross at the people killing Him and asked God to forgive them.” - C.Leaders

On Memes

By DOlinger on Fri, 05/01/26

[In October, 2025] I came across a link to an interview about memes. It sprang from a news story about something—I’ll just say, um, edgy—that the president did, posting a meme that portrayed Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader, in a sombrero and stereotypical moustache. It wasn’t exactly high art, just a sloppy cut-and-paste job—it was, after all, a meme, and one of the defining features of memes is sloppy cut and paste.

Are We Swift to Speak and Rush to Judgment on Social Media?

By Filings on Tue, 11/18/25
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“The human impulse to rush to judgment has always existed, but now it is common to believe whatever we hear and then post outrage using social media. But what if in our use of social media we applied the concepts of innocent until proven guilty, and from the mouth of Jesus, ‘Do to others as you would have them do to you’?” - Randy Alcorn

1 in 5 Americans now regularly get news on TikTok, up sharply from 2020

By Filings on Mon, 09/29/25
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“A fifth of U.S. adults now regularly get news on TikTok, up from just 3% in 2020. In fact, during that span, no social media platform we’ve studied has experienced faster growth in news consumption, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.” - Pew

Josh Buice, Critic of ‘Big Eva,’ Suspended by Church, Quits G3 Conference

By Filings on Tue, 05/13/25
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Buice has been “suspended from his church for running multiple fake social media accounts…. ‘used to publicly and anonymously slander numerous Christian leaders, including faithful pastors (some of whom have spoken at G3 conferences), several PMBC elders, and others.’” - MinistryWatch

Christian Online Discourse: We Must Do Better

By Filings on Thu, 05/08/25
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“…this one is going to be very simple, just to ring the alarm bell about something that I think is so important that every single human being should be reflective about it, and what I’m talking about is the way the Internet is shaping us.” - Gavin Ortlund

‘I Apologize. I Wrote Poorly’—Rick Warren Responds to Backlash From Viral Social Media Post

By Filings on Tue, 02/18/25
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“In his follow-up post, Warren wrote, ‘I apologize. I wrote poorly. I don’t believe Jesus was a centrist. He stands far above it all. “My kingdom is not of this world…” Jn.18:36.’” - CLeaders

“...with no fact-checkers, the responsibility for discerning truth now falls squarely on those of us who engage with social media.”

By Filings on Mon, 01/13/25
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“the issue of bias remains. This is not eradicated by removing fact-checkers; it merely shifts to the community. While this could lead to more diverse perspectives and meaningful discourse, it might equally amplify extreme viewpoints.” - Premier Christianity

Beware the Fractured Mirror of Digital Technology: Book Review of ‘A Web of Our Own Making’ by Antón Barba-Kay

By Filings on Mon, 01/13/25
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“Antón Barba-Kay contends that digital technology—everything from our computers and phones to our smart lawnmowers—isn’t just another stage in technological history. Rather, it’s a unique technology, ushering in a new way of life and transforming us in the process.” - TGC

Meta eliminating fact-checking to combat "censorship"

By Filings on Thu, 01/09/25
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“Meta announced Tuesday that it will end its fact-checking program on its platforms in exchange for X-style community notes as part of a slate of changes targeting ‘censorship’ and embracing ‘free expression.’” - Axios

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