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This is posted in the Eastern Orthodox congregational forum. Others welcome to post but please be aware of where you are.
I hoped to get some thoughts on something - I hope I’m able to express this.
The world has gone crazy. I have a number of family members and friends I keep up with through Facebook.
People seem to be disagreeing on everything! We should be wearing masks - we shouldn’t be wearing masks. Trump is great - Trump is evil. Corona is getting better - it’s getting worse. The protests are good and necessary - the protests are evil and have an agenda. The NWO is taking over. Coronavirus is a hoax. The government is trying to destroy the Church. The Church is oppressive (this from Christians). We should be on lockdown. We shouldn’t restrict anything. And many other topics.
People have always had differing opinions. But when did we become THIS intolerant of disagreement and view anyone with a different opinion as an enemy? And with so many volatile topics - any two people are bound to disagree on something, so that makes us all enemies to some degree?
I wonder if the stress of what we’ve been dealing with has led to this? Conflicting information from the media hasn’t helped. FB is becoming poison, but it’s honestly where my far-flung family “gathers” and the only way it seems possible.
I’m certainly not immune. I’m just as guilty. I’m surprised when a family member strongly expresses an opinion I very much disagree with, and “thought they would be smarter than that”. I’m disappointed when Christians I’ve been friends with for well over a decade attack me for what the Church believes, or for a statement of fact I make which their assessment disagrees with.
I don’t know. I feel tired by it all. To be honest, I barely mention anything related to any volatile topic. I certainly do not crusade. I try to be gentle, and mostly just avoid conflict. But I’m tired, tired, tired by it all. It’s easier to talk only to people I don’t really know who never discuss anything more than a group focus like cute cats or a game board.
Any thoughts?
I hoped to get some thoughts on something - I hope I’m able to express this.
The world has gone crazy. I have a number of family members and friends I keep up with through Facebook.
People seem to be disagreeing on everything! We should be wearing masks - we shouldn’t be wearing masks. Trump is great - Trump is evil. Corona is getting better - it’s getting worse. The protests are good and necessary - the protests are evil and have an agenda. The NWO is taking over. Coronavirus is a hoax. The government is trying to destroy the Church. The Church is oppressive (this from Christians). We should be on lockdown. We shouldn’t restrict anything. And many other topics.
People have always had differing opinions. But when did we become THIS intolerant of disagreement and view anyone with a different opinion as an enemy? And with so many volatile topics - any two people are bound to disagree on something, so that makes us all enemies to some degree?
I wonder if the stress of what we’ve been dealing with has led to this? Conflicting information from the media hasn’t helped. FB is becoming poison, but it’s honestly where my far-flung family “gathers” and the only way it seems possible.
I’m certainly not immune. I’m just as guilty. I’m surprised when a family member strongly expresses an opinion I very much disagree with, and “thought they would be smarter than that”. I’m disappointed when Christians I’ve been friends with for well over a decade attack me for what the Church believes, or for a statement of fact I make which their assessment disagrees with.
I don’t know. I feel tired by it all. To be honest, I barely mention anything related to any volatile topic. I certainly do not crusade. I try to be gentle, and mostly just avoid conflict. But I’m tired, tired, tired by it all. It’s easier to talk only to people I don’t really know who never discuss anything more than a group focus like cute cats or a game board.
Any thoughts?