I’ve got to admit that when I read the title “Thou shalt not Facebook” I thought it was a cautionary tale for people not to use Facebook as a tool to publicly offend someone’s character. I was wrong.
Pastor Cedric Miller has counseled several couples in his congregation that have apparently “hooked up” with old flames as “friends”.
What starts as an innocent conversation down memory lane has opened up old feelings and inappropriate discussions that would surely make their present partner/spouse furious. Divorce attorneys are using Facebook and other social networking sites as evidence in courts of law.
I find Facebook to be complicated. I was excited at first to have a Facebok page as I’ve found it to be a great tool to catch up with my sis in Florida and friends that I don’t see or call often enough.
I’ve accepted friend requests from people I’d call acquaintances, I’ve blocked my nephews posts as they embarrass me and I’ve been de-friend-ed. Sometimes I’m excited to share my thoughts with the Facebook world and other times I stare at the box with a blank.
I’ve been asked not to tag my friends and their children because of child trafficking and other unmentionable bad things that are happening with information that we innocently provide without a second thought.
My brother refuses to use Facebook as he said anything that is published becomes the property of Facebook. I don’t know if this is true, but this pastor has given me food for thought.
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