When Christians Act Like A Hot Mess

Last updated on: February 20, 2013 at 1:52 pm by Grace Sandra

When Christians Act Like A Hot Mess 2013-02-20T13:52:36-04:00 Grace Sandra

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A few weeks ago, a bunch of bloggers wrote on the topic of sex, virginity & sexuality. It became known as impromptu sex week. <—–Click through the links here if you want to see what all the hub-bub was about. I was pretty thrown off by the cruel words being thrown around, both in comments, on Twitter & in posts. For awhile now, this type of behavior has been something that’s made me wonder if I want to be a part of Christian blogging world at all. So. I wrote a post about some of my thoughts regarding our online behavior for one of the sites I write for, Release the Ape. If you’ve felt similarly about the responsibility of our words online it may be of interest to you.

When I first started writing -really writing- I got my humble beginnings on my little MySpace blog with 40 readers. I thought that in order get people to read I had to say every doggone thing that came to mind about every teensy thing that made me angry or sad. I wanted everyone to know how mad I was as I thrashed about judgements and silly arguments about a whole lotta nothin’. It was terribly immature but I thought it was, ya know, “cute,” and “just me.”

Sadly, I see that a lot nowadays. People tweeting and blogging in ways that celebrate them being sarcastic & b*tchy, snarky & judgmental. Do they assume by owning up to it -even celebrating it- that it’s cute? It aint cute and certainly not worthy of a celebration. Yes, I get that it draws like-minded folks. Yes, I get that one can draw much online attention by a showy splash of indecent exposure. But to what end?

Indeed, there seems to be a constant barrage of negativity online.

You can read the rest of this post on on Release the Ape…

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