From Facebook wall post: """ ...GOD...I am not worthy to ask You ANYTHING, but today I NEED YOU!!! Hear me...have mercy on me...I beg of you! I have NOTHING TO OFFER YOU, but the love in my heart. DELIVER ME!!! *If you don't have time to write a quick "AMEN", please LIKE to show support of JESUS. """

This bullshit is one of the things that got me out of the faith.

Matt

The God character is the unworthy one.

Trolling for "Likes", would be my guess. If there is a running total kept, that is.

If you think it is great to be alive, like this message!

My 15 year old daughter has "atheist" as her religion on Facebook, and, as a joke, friended a guy named "Jesus"--with a picture of the Jesus. She's been deluged with all kinds of proselytizing crap from other Christians. Lesson--be careful who you "friend." I knew there was a reason I don't get on Facebook....

My 15 year old daughter has "atheist" as her religion on Facebook, and, as a joke, friended a guy named "Jesus"--with a picture of the Jesus. She's been deluged with all kinds of proselytizing crap from other Christians. Lesson--be careful who you "friend." I knew there was a reason I don't get on Facebook....

I think it is disturbing how information is being gathered about people online. There have been many lawsuits regarding online privacy recently and they almost never go well for the persons trying to defend their privacy. I only use Facebook for Atheist type networking so I don't even have family members as friends. I do often worry how that could affect my career.

She's been deluged with all kinds of proselytizing crap from other Christians. Lesson--be careful who you "friend." I knew there was a reason I don't get on Facebook....

If "Jesus save me from your followers" is an atheist "prayer", then this is another example of the failure of prayer.

She can use it to hone some debating skills. Keep a list, top 10 or top 20, of the dumbest things said on her page.

I am going to have to point at the parent in this case. How could you allow her to friend Jesus? Haven't you told her about him? You know trouble follows that guy. Isn't there is something wrong when some older man, who can turn water into wine, wants to suffer the little children unto him? Now that I think about it, don't let her friend Micheal Jackson either.

Lets face it, she might have to unfriend Jesus. She might be able to be friends with Jesus, but I don't think Jesus is gonna be friends with her.

You're right. This is a failure of parenting on my part, and I don't plan on succeeding with this one. I really can't stand the lack of privacy, whereas Zuckerburg has said openly that the purpose of Facebook is to get rid of our overly developed sense of privacy. We should all be more "open", whatever that means. This is truly a generational shift that I'm incapable of understanding or participating in. That said, I have wondered if he's right. Perhaps I'd be less uptight about my privacy if I didn't have much of it in the first place?? This generation of kids doesn't seem bothered at all by all this openness--yet!

The only problem is that being "out" as an atheist can have real repercussions at the workplace, as it does for Jamar and myself. I get a little worried that my kids' friends know about their atheism. I think the parents can figure out pretty easily where that's coming from.

As for friending Jesus, I'm a big believer in kids living with the consequences of their mistakes. Besides, my daughter knew what she was getting into. She loves arguing with religious zealots. I think she's too young to have figured out it's a waste of time.

I have heard Facebook described at the new street corner that the kids hang out at.

I don't get to hang out that the street corner anymore. I have to be home to yell at those darn kids on my lawn.

It's great she loves to argue with them. It can get tiring and frustrating though, repeating things over and over. She can have a FAQ list to keep from having to repeat herself. Has she had any converts? Does she have any godless classmates?

On the topic of privacy>

Awhile ago, about 2 years I think, I watched a documentary- We Living in Public. This rich businessman sold out of his company and used the money to purchase a building and remodel it for his social experiment. The video shows very clearly what happens when people are reduced to 0, that ZERO privacy. For a time all was fine. It was very tight quarters. Everyone has free access to anything they could possibly want- everything literally. There were cameras everywhere. They ate, slept, used the bathroom, showered, engaged in intimate relations in the open with everyone there and with these cameras. Overtime, people began to break down because of the lack of privacy. I should also note that there were all races, all sexes, all religions, and all ages - yes, even children. At one point, just before the police busted in and put a stop to it, there were people being beaten, sexually assaulted, and many, many other things that simply should not be happening - to anyone, ever.

Striping us of our privacy is another means of exacting social control, such that you are so laid open that you cannot hide from anything, and every thought and action you have is left bear for all to see. When you have people who have a wide range of differences, such that disagreements occur, those differences become hate as the groups polarize. In most every case, the smaller group will be picked on, bullied, and eventually violence will ensue.

Just to update my accuracy. That was "We Live in Public" and the businessman was Josh Harris.