Thanks for the comments in my "What Are You Thinking" post. I think Scott has a valid point about what things like Facebook do. The internet has brought us all closer to one another by allowing us to "put it all out there." And hopefully this deters us from saying and doing things that we normally may do. Society obviously does encourage us to do and say things that are acceptable in this world, but not in the eyes of God. This is very clear if you watch MTV for more than 5 minutes. So I guess it really just comes down to what you want others to think about you.
For those of you in our youth group, you know how much I harp on being the same person at church, as you are at school, as you are at home, as you are at work. I guess that's what that post came out of...frustration for seeing one thing and then reading another.
I hope that the post did not come across as condemning (however after reading it again, it kind of does). I just want you all to think about what it is that you are putting out for everyone to see. And think about this...what if a non-Christian takes a look at your Facebook and then notices that you are a member of the UMYF network? How does that look to them? Hopefully your facebook is consistent with the views of UMYF.
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That is totally true. Coach always tells us to make sure things don't end up on Facebook that make us, and thus the team, look bad. My response is that we should not be doing anything that could end up there that would make the team (and ourselves) look bad. One girl commented that she went through and untagged herself from all the "questionable” pictures she was in, but I just think that you shouldn't even put yourself in those situations in the first place. You should represent your team, self, and in my case, Christ, in everything you do, not just when you think others might see you.
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