An awful lot of people use Facebook these days. According to Google, it has 1.4 billion monthly users. Now, of course, some of those aren't real people, but still, there are at least a hundred or two folks who use the social media site regularly.
All this begs the question: "What is Facebook good for?"
I suppose it is good for selling things and for keeping track of people who you haven't seen in a long time. It also seems to be a good place for finding low calorie recipes and even for drooling over the occasional super-high calorie dessert recipe as well.
Most of all, I think many people use Facebook to reinforce their own strongly held beliefs and to solicit encouragement to do things they were planning to do anyway.
Unfortunately, I see biased individuals posting links to web sites with similar biases and dubious credibility. The internet is a wonderfully large place where, however unusual my views, I can definitely find a couple of others who hold similar beliefs.
This leads me to thing that Facebook is useless for -- changing someone else's mind. People who log onto Facebook with a strong opinion are likely to sign off with that opinion held even more strongly -- even if someone calls them a name, or attacks them personally.
I look at these arguments and wish that love would prevail. I see the anger and desire that kindness would be the rule, rather than the exception in internet interactions.
The cause of Christ will not be furthered by yelling at people, but by loving them where they are and praying that they will accept Him.
For, when Jesus enters a life, He has a way of turning it upside down in a way that Facebook never can.
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