Christian wrote:
You are a user. That is my point. By being a USER you support and defend them. You do this by keeping your account open. Enough said.

I'm a seasoned citizen and my conservative Christian values have been settled decades ago so it's not likely that Google or Facebook, etc. are going to be able to influence me with their radical leftist agenda and strategies. And I suspect they already know that. Their target audience are most likely the young minds of mush that the universities haven't already indoctrinated into radical Marxist anarchists. And for those who have already been indoctrinated, to further their leftist radicalism. This is obvious from all the BLM/Antifa riot participants the past several months.

Christian wrote:
If you are truly a Christian why would you be on or support Facebook? You are missing the point or have chosen to overlook it! When Jesus overturned the tables in the temple with a whip he wasn't giving out hugs and kisses. I see you are a Calvinist also. That's real convenient for you as a FB user.

ladybug wrote:
I know I'll regret this, but here goes..."Facebook is a simple tool created by the evil people to guide goats in the church from ever being sheep!" Goats are goats NOT because of social media, rather, because they believe a false gospel. Sheep are sheep because they've been elected unto life, NO ONE or NOTHING can take them out of Christ's hand. They believe in His finished work, and they continually rest in Him. Social media has no bearing on anybody's eternal fate. The real danger are all the false teachers/gospels/professors who are on EVERY kind of platform, including SA. The self righteous always point to 'self', what you do, as 'evidence' of salvation, but, the bible says you will know them by their fruit, by what doctrine they adhere to, what Gospel they believe in. I see more divisiveness on THIS forum than I've ever seen on FB.

MS wrote:
Bro. Lurker, I don’t believe CfH or TS are golfers..

Christian wrote:
You are a user. That is my point. By being a USER you support and defend them. You do this by keeping your account open. Enough said.

Never mind.

Watcher wrote:
The difference between a program like Facebook and a knife is thus:

My point is it matters not the tool in question but only the intentions of the user.

Lurker wrote:
10/13/2020 3:03 PM Christian: " Look at what FB does to Christians and ask your self why am I defending them?"
I am a Facebook user. I am not defending them (Facebook).
Words are important so you would do well to measure your words carefully so you are not guilty of false accusations, whether accidental or intentional.

Christian wrote:
You are a FB user! correct? Maybe you need to look up the definition false witness?

I am a Facebook user. I am not defending them (Facebook).

Lurker wrote:
Ad targeting isn't unique to Facebook. Google and other search engines do the same thing and many of my product searches have resulted in targeted ads for the same product on the sites that SermonAudio offers as news items.
It's a fact of life in the digital age.
So your wife has a Facebook account? The plot thickens. Beware that "Chistian" may judge her an unregenerate goat.
So now I'm defending Facebook? Maybe you need to do some research into what the bible says about bearing false witness.

One can be programmed to control thoughts and actions, we all know this. The power of advertising is well known. I can threaten someone with a knife to do something, but if the knife just sits in the knife-block, it has no sway over the thoughts and minds of society.

I think same can be said for a gun or a hammer or a knife.

And because that opinion, which I happen to agree with, is different.... then that makes one a goat per "Christian"?

But yet "per watcher", more research is necessary for Bro Lurker?

Watcher wrote:
Boy, this thread got out of line, and for once, I'm not at fault!
I do believe that Lurker needs to do some of his own research and come to an educated conclusion on this topic. FB has long been known for controlling its users. An easy way to figure this out is my wife went on Canadian Tire for one thing or the other and all of the sudden, FB had ad after ad on with coupon from Canadian Tire for her to see. Not only that but she has Facebook Purity installed because of all the ungodly ads. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that FB can be quite dangerous, it just takes a brain.

It's a fact of life in the digital age.

So your wife has a Facebook account? The plot thickens. Beware that "Chistian" may judge her an unregenerate goat.

Christian wrote:
Look at what FB does to Christians and ask your self why am I defending them?

Lurker wrote:
Okay, thanks for clearing that up about a preview.
You clearly have a negative bias about Facebook and that's your right. You do well to avoid it. But you do not do well, as a professing Christian, to judge other Christians as unregenerate goats simply because they use Facebook. You know absolutely nothing about me or my walk with God to be able to make that judgment. And it is clear to me that you know very little about Facebook.
Right about what?

Christian wrote:
Thank you for reporting me on SermonAudio. Maybe SermonAudio is not a place for me. Just so you know you don’t need a Netflix account to watch previews of movies. You are spinning my comments out of control because you are on Facebook and know I’m right.

You clearly have a negative bias about Facebook and that's your right. You do well to avoid it. But you do not do well, as a professing Christian, to judge other Christians as unregenerate goats simply because they use Facebook. You know absolutely nothing about me or my walk with God to be able to make that judgment. And it is clear to me that you know very little about Facebook.

Truth Seeker wrote:
Hey Lurker maybe Christian is right?

MS wrote:
You’ve been reported to the moderator for your offensive attack on another poster.

Christian wrote:
I don’t have an account with Netflix I was only giving you an example of something that you are too ignorant to look at. If you’re ignorant enough to think that next Netflix is bad and Facebook is good then you more blind or than I thought. Thank you Lurker aka goat!