How people use Christianity and Facebook

          I have been an avid Facebook user since the year 2006. I have also been a Christian since as long as I can remember. Both play big parts of my life, but I have never thought about what happens when the two intertwine.  When I do, I find that several people have used Facebook and Christianity as a way to send hope to everyone who can see the status, but they have also used them as a way to express their views on certain controversial issues that we see today.

 I am very private about my views on certain issues as well as my religion and like to keep it to myself. Even though I am strong in my faith, I am very open to other people’s opinions and don’t like to use the “the bible is law” approach when it comes to certain controversial issues that we deal with today. Other members of the Christian church are not so private about their religion.  Through this case study, I want to look at how some people use both Facebook and the bible to spread their views on certain issues. I find this very interesting because I've noticed that whenever this happens most people respond with their own argument backed up with scripture. No one ever really seems to take the time to have an open mind and actually listen to what other people have to say about certain issues. Certain people become stuck in their ways and their views, and they use the bible as a way to prove that they’re right. I think that it is because of people like this that the Christian religion is seen as judgmental and closed-minded.

Facebook has been used as an outlet for several people to express their views on certain issues, but my main focus is how some Christians use the “bible is law” approach to certain issues, and how they express this through the infamous social media outlet that is Facebook.