You probably should not attempt to address that topic here.I mean, I am guessing you supported the Christian bakers refusing cakes to gay people(but not fat people, ironically), right?
I am praying for the current alternatives to YouTube to gain in popularity and support. Christians can help them out by simply using their service as much as possible.In all honesty, I really don't think YouTube knows what the heck they are doing. I've watched some channels and one of them is a very seriously comedic channel. I say that because they truly are a comedic channel, but serious in such a way that they actually have a lawyer due to all this nonsense. It's pretty sad in order to keep your channel, you have to resort to that kind of protection from those who kick and scream about "offenses" that are really not offensive at all.
One group have become so whiny that they want to control speech in any way they can and ban those who disagree. That is the real fight going on right now concerning speech.
I'm just waiting to see if and when YouTube becomes bankrupt from all this, they can't even get their policies to stick because their too busy trying to please everyone.
Really? Where do you live that gays are being murdered, beaten and emotionally abused. Where I live, we are quite adjusted to the fact that some people are gay.. and... they live in our towns, work in our workplaces, go to the same movies that we go to... all without care or worry.the gays are sick and tired of being murdered ,beaten and emotionally abused by people who are egged on by so called Christian religious leaders. In this case I’d support their reasonable civil right to be left in peace.
I am praying for the current alternatives to YouTube to gain in popularity and support. Christians can help them out by simply using their service as much as possible.
In all honesty, I really don't think YouTube knows what the heck they are doing. I've watched some channels and one of them is a very seriously comedic channel. I say that because they truly are a comedic channel, but serious in such a way that they actually have a lawyer due to all this nonsense. It's pretty sad in order to keep your channel, you have to resort to that kind of protection from those who kick and scream about "offenses" that are really not offensive at all.
One group have become so whiny that they want to control speech in any way they can and ban those who disagree. That is the real fight going on right now concerning speech.
I'm just waiting to see if and when YouTube becomes bankrupt from all this, they can't even get their policies to stick because their too busy trying to please everyone.
I believe that if we continue to pray that the people running youtube wil not curb the Christian influence and content on their service, then we will continue to have that platform to minister the Gospel, provide news form a Christian perspective, and promote the Christian worldview.I do have a channel, but I don't post as much content. I don't know anything about "movie making". I do use it to comment a lot however. All of this freedom of speech in itself has become a war zone that only God can help us with. Thankfully, banning has not been happening to the channels I have been watching so far, and I hope it will not escalate to that. If it does, it just goes to show where YouTube has gone in relation to the world. This world is for sure gone chaotic and the days of Noah are very near.
Hmm, you’re not really responding to my post. Do you think that attacks on Christian beliefs hurt Christians? Do you think that Jewish people shouldn’t fear nazis because naziism is a belief?
You probably should not attempt to address that topic here.
Of course, you avoided answering my question again. You said this: “They want to present conservative beliefs and practices as direct attacks on the persons rather than what they often are--attacks on beliefs and practices.” And I asked if attacks on the beliefs of Christians are also not an attack on Christians themselves.Nazism is not just a belief. As an -ism, it is constituted of a core set of beliefs and practices.
It literally does not follow that because a person experiences suffering as a result of someone condemning their beliefs and practices, that such condemnation is unjustified, unwarranted, wrong or evil. The Nazis eventually suffered as a result of there beliefs and practices. Who was ultimately responsible for the such suffering experienced by the Nazis?
Attacks or arguments against the beliefs or practices of people can and often do affect those same people, obviously. But what is your point, that such effect means that such attacks equate to directly attacking or condemning someone personally? Or that the production of such effect means that one or all factors (arguing against or attacking beliefs and/or practices) contributing to such effect are unjustified or should not occur? If so, that is false, both biblically and logically.
Youtube presumes that a rejection or condemnation of the beliefs and practices of certain groups of people (for example, the LGBT community) are unjustified and inherently wrong. An important question is, is the attacks on some group's beliefs or practices justified within the context of both the biblical standard and the effects that both beliefs and practices have in the world.
Examples?Unfortunately youtube is already engaging in subtle censorship of christian channels who also happen to support the POTUS.
Their claim that it's only "hateful rhetoric" that will be banned is already false considering they will demonitize these channels, they will unsubscribe you, and stop notifications of new content of channels that promote christian conservative views....not "hateful rhetoric".
Of course, if you don't follow any of those channels, you wouldn't know about these subtle censoring tactics. Nothing new there, but by coincidence this is announced after media sources such as CNN have experienced huge drops in their ratings.
I find that very interesting.
Calling gay people "the gays". Hahaha. They're not "the gays" they're people like you and I, not some nebulous group like "the Vulcans".the gays are sick and tired of being murdered ,beaten and emotionally abused by people who are egged on by so called Christian religious leaders. In this case I’d support their reasonable civil right to be left in peace.
Why are you expecting a secular company in a secular country to look to the Bible for standards of fairness? Some Christians are always trying to get secular institutions to inform to their personal beliefs. Just start your own social media outlet.Or envy speech, which is a form of hate. Or lustful speech. Or proud speech. Or lazy speech. Or any other of the Seven Deadly sins. We should probably ban pride rainbows, since pride is the most evil of all of them.
We should also ban violent games and movies. Hate speech begets hate as much as violent speech begets violence. Sorry Avengers, Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman, you gotta go -- it's your fault we have school shootings.
One more thing: anyone with a conscience knows the opposite of love isn't hate, it's apathy. We should definitely treat insufficient caring speech ad AT LEAST as harmful as hate speech.
I did answer previously.... And I asked if attacks on the beliefs of Christians are also not an attack on Christians themselves.
You’ve certainly moved the goalposts - now you seem to be saying that it is just fine if a group is harmed by ideology if the Bible condemns that group.
Is that what you want, to convince YouTube to use the Bible (your interpretation of course) to decide which ideologies are good and bad?
I wonder if I have ever before encountered anyone misrepresenting positions to the extent that you have on this thread.Why not?
It's the same principle.
You can't support a baker's right to discriminate based on his/her opinion and then complain when another company does the same.
Official YouTube Blog: Our ongoing work to tackle hate
Google has initiated a furtherance of its ongoing policy of censoring and banning conservative and Christian content on its YouTube streaming service.
YouTube’s official blog states it is prohibiting “videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion based on qualities like age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status.”
Of course their so called "hate speech" policy is partly guided by false presumptions pertaining to truth claims and competing worldviews. Such a broad outline is very subjective, and unless conservatives and Christians get serious in their prayers concerning a change in the Google’s leadership--as well as in its rank and file-- its employees will, in practice, interpret this in their usual biased fashion.
I would ask praying Christians everywhere to pray for a change in the leadership at Google/YouTube (and at other social media companies), and that any of its attempts to oppose the Christian worldview and agenda is disrupted and ultimately brought to absolutely nothing.
Edit: The Youtube blog apparently uses the words "group" and "ideology" interchangeably.
They are out to make money off this site as well.
For example, there or those incidents where the Israelite army did not have to lift a finger in a battle because, through supernatural intervention, by the time they reached their enemies, their enemies had destroyed one another. Another major example of God compelling the thoughts and actions of people (by whatever means He so chooses) is Pharaoh.
Christians must not abandon one of our most important weapons in furthering God's will on this earth, namely, working to alter the actions and thoughts of men simply through prayer.
I wonder if I have ever before encountered anyone misrepresenting positions to the extent that you have on this thread.
Why do you think secular state == secular nation? Heathen are always trying to eradicate the Christian heritage and culturecul Western nations. Only extreme and abject hatred could drive abandoning the millennia of Christian cultural contributions to our cultureWhy are you expecting a secular company in a secular country to look to the Bible for standards of fairness? Some Christians are always trying to get secular institutions to inform to their personal beliefs. Just start your own social media outlet.
That gay guy with the boyfriend still deserved to be left in peace despite his immature exhibitionistic behavior . Y’all didn’t go to his home and lynch them afterwards did you?Calling gay people "the gays". Hahaha. They're not "the gays" they're people like you and I, not some nebulous group like "the Vulcans".
And just like regular people, you can't generalise like this. Some gay people don't want to be left in peace - they like to stir up trouble. Just like those who are constantly trying to push at that Christian baker guy. Or like some gay people who adopt kids just to turn them into a political statement. I know one gay guy who deliberately brought his boyfriend to his work and kissed him at the entrance and did some naughty stuff in the bathroom - all in an effort to get people to be shocked or disgusted. He wasn't looking for peace, he was looking for a fight. He didn't get one, incidentally. No one cared.
Some gay people want to be left alone, others not. I think this is a silly generalisation. And in all honesty, many gay people have not had it as rough as some like to make it out to be - many gay people come from hugely privileged backgrounds and they remain hugely privileged, powerful, influential, and have never experienced a day of actual emotional abuse in their lives. Others have experienced the things you've stated, others have not. Just like many straight people have experienced all those things you've mentioned as well, and many others have not.
Some generalisations are helpful. This one isn't. The media just likes a good story, but hardly represents the truth on the ground.
. America has NEVER been a Christian country . I don’t know why people keep telling that ignorant nonsense as if it were true. We are forbidden to have a state religion and the founding fathers put that in place because they very specifically did not want sectarian hatreds to run the government. America has a majority Christian population but is not a theocracy by a long shotWhy do you think secular state == secular nation? Heathen are always trying to eradicate the Christian heritage and culturecul Western nations. Only extreme and abject hatred could drive abandoning the millennia of Christian cultural contributions to our culture
. STDs and AIDS were caused by promiscuous behavior not by simply being gay. The mainstream scientific community disagrees with your doctor Lisa . There a genetic and fetal environmental component to being gay .. in other words it’s a natural phenomenon and not a choice.AIDs and others STDs -- the inevitable harvest of the promiscuous queer lifestyle, have killed far more queers than any pitch-fork and torch wielding mob of Christian villagers. Actually, one of Matthew Shepards killers was bisexual. You're swallowing lies.
Actually, while you mention it: lesbian women are more likely to wife-beat their wives than normal men are.
That said, Dr. Lisa Diamond, the author on the APA Handbook on Human Sexuality points out that we know from research that people are not 'born that way' and 'stuck that way' and that activists need to stop repeating the lie. IMO, it's time for a movement to find a cure for it.
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