2. I worked at a HELP DESK in my college years, so I am informed about a few of the nuts and bolts of the "sewing machine" that tries to knit humanity together, via information age. But doesn't TRULY knit people together in TRUTH. It is ONLY an appearance of knitting people together.
3. Many people on my Facebook feed share similar faith values, so I continue to get "friend requests" from those of similar faith values.
4. I do not have ALL the people that I know personally AND I share faith values with those people on my facebook feed.
5. I have people on my facebook feed, whom I have never met and TRULY live in high Christian persecution areas. I purposefully cannot reveal many details about who I am on-line because of these factors. Cutting down the amount of information to a zipcode (so long as that town has over 200 adults) offers protection from the "elements" of deceptive men.
6. Some of the people on my facebook feed DO NOT share faith values. Morally, spiritually, interaction wise. I keep them on my facebook feed simply because THEY NEED THE GOSPEL. They do make "dirty requests" or "misinterpeted religious ideas" on my facebook feed, I just drop off a website/inspiration they could visit in their message or something of that sort.
7. I have people on my facebook feed who are Jewish. Many people in this world have not heard gospel (or a watered down version) so they assume incorrect things about the Jewish people.
8. I do NOT connect with everyone I know in my family or in-laws through facebook. Some, I simply do not get along with (spiritual moral/values with abuse at play do not match at all), others I may have them on facebook, but its to know that they can contact anytime if they need something. They don't have to keep up with EVERYTHING in my life through internet interaction. Some I care about, but I don't know them that well personally, so I don't want to bother anyone's situation. (Basically, facebook really DOESN'T show you the TRUE picture about who you ARE, WERE IN YOUR LIFE or CARE ABOUT).
9. I share bible verses on my facebook feed. I don't just put the "homosexuals are sinners" types of verses out there....I also encourage other topics like about Noah and the ark, Lazarus, etc etc. The reason I keep CONSERVATIVE verses on my facebook feed is to WEED OUT the far-left folks. The reason I keep STOP RACISM verses on my facebook feed is to WEED OUT the far-right folks.
10. Having 1000+ facebook friends DOES NOT enhance your spiritual walk with GOD. FELLOWSHIP FACE TO FACE and BIBLE STUDY are MORE VALUABLE. It is MORE for an informational setting so you can "get to know" the different people in this world. Some you may connect with extremely deeply, but others you will only get a glimpse into their world. The people that complain about "sabbath keeping people" will not get a very good taste into my world, because to me, I already KNOW people in this or that faith PERSONALLY and FACE TO FACE.....so I weed out lies, that people tell about others because of this.
11. I simply CANNOT respond to EVERY message. This is the case especially if a person has 200+ messages at a time to answer and I didn't know that person in real-life.
12. Children shouldn't use facebook social media. It is just too much "information" given, even to those whom the parents also know. The other reason is because sometimes parental values do not match the values of other adults, the child knows and the parents know. Simply state that the child needs to be independent in their life before getting into facebook (married, own or rent a home etc.). Children need to learn how to interact with people face to face because they WILL have to work with disabled people, community situations, needs in their future family and so forth. Personally, I would recommend age 20+ for moral reasons (and slowly encourage GODLY ONLINE friends first).
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Based on the Facebook connections, how much technology is TOO MUCH?
1. Technology is TOO MUCH, if you are taking pictures of EVERY MEAL you eat and post it online.
2. Technology is TOO MUCH, if you avoid visiting disabled relatives (who may not understand technology) simply because they are "boring."
3. Technology is TOO MUCH, if you are enabling corrupted men and women to TAKE OVER your personal relationship life. They will say things that are unbiblical and get men or women to commit acts of violence, sexual impurity (sometimes criminals are involved), leave biblical things behind, gamble etc etc.
4. Technology is TOO MUCH, if you know more about your AUNT's dog and she lives 1000 miles away, but you do not know your neighbor's 5 year old child's name when he is regularly coming over to build forts with your own children.
5. Technology is TOO MUCH, if you won't go to a faith-fellowship group in your area (within 1 hour drive if possible, for sure 2 hours). Children need to interact with REAL children face to face. Elderly adults need to feel like they are still a part of a faith community. Disabled people who can't move around easily....well they are with us too.
6. Technology is TOO MUCH, if you believe that by "blocking" people who don't believe the same way about a situation, you will fix the bad-situation.
7. Technology is TOO MUCH, if you bought every gadget there (alexa, smart phones??) is to keep up with "google information" availability. The encyclopedia-set, never steals your information and sells it.
8. Technology is TOO MUCH, if you don't know how to read a map from a foldable resource.
9. Technology is TOO MUCH, if you have a security camera in every room of your home and it is connected to your special online program (maybe someone else somewhere is spying on your through the security cameras).
10. Technology is TOO MUCH, if every VULNERABLE PERSON (children/adults) in your home and family is giving out all their information online. Just showing a picture that they drew here and there is fine. But CONSTANTLY posting their photo online isn't wise. A person you don't know personally or a person that doesn't care about you personally, could track this vulnerable person down. In fact, I would advise to NEVER share a child's FACE or NAME online, even in a random website which isn't connected to "facebook" (like a church website). Set the facebook setting to only allow those whom you are FRIENDS WITH to see personal photos. Assume someone somewhere can misuse your child's data and information. As far as births are concerned, it is sometimes up to the parents to decide as births were commonly shared in local newspapers. Sometimes people who have issues in their life can take information given the wrong way about a child's life.
11. Finally (but there is more) is TOO MUCH, if you don't know the types of birds that sing in the trees in your backyard. You need to LEARN new things about this world and universe besides the data of people whom you probably cannot personally meet.......and if your bible (that is not on a computer) is sitting in dust. Using a highlighter and a notebook is just fine.
12. OTHER ISSUES.....of course.....but I will stick with 11.
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