Nothing spreads faster than a shared passion. Unfortunately, the “baddies” are finding it easier to spread hate around the world with the dawn of the socially-technological world.
Social Networking has enabled hate to go viral in ways that we’ve never seen before:
Militants and hate groups increasingly use social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube as propaganda tools to recruit new members, according to a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
The report released on Wednesday noted a 25 percent rise in the past year in the number of “problematic” social networking groups on the Internet.
A sad consequence of extreme digital connectivity.
The advantage, though, that we have as Christians is to provide an explicit and obvious platform of dialogue. People who’s intentions are to hate others aren’t interested in a conversation; we, though, can do differently.
One of the suggestions that I have for many theological blogs is to make sure that your dogmatism doesn’t outweigh your interest in dialogue. It’s one of the few things that will help the world see the difference between the sheep and the goats.
[Image from Fstorr]