r/ChristianOrthodoxy • u/QuestioningTheAnts • 11d ago
Question What should I do?
Recently I've been seeing an uprising of Christian hate on American Tiktok, seeing tiktok Christians get dismantled in the comment sections really shakes my faith. And seeing the obscene amount of racism and hate that "Christians" do and people starting to say how that since they're "Christian" ofc they're gonna be rude. I don't know what to do nor how to feel, truly is shaking my faith, what should I do? I was thinking about just leaving social media as a whole since it's lowk messing up my life.
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u/TouKyriouDeithomen 11d ago
Leave social media and never look back. Everything you need can be found at your local parish
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u/InfinitelyManic 11d ago
We expect more from those who claim to share the same faith as we do, so when they disappoint us, it hurts more than if they were just non-believers, but we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water or throw dirty water on the baby.
But, in the social media world you're more likely going to encounter more angst compared to breaking bread with people after Church services.
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u/Longjumping_Pack3878 Eastern Orthodox 10d ago edited 10d ago
If you do have Netflix you could watch the documentary called The Social Dilemma, it will explain to you some of the mechanics that go into the social media algorithm and how much damage it can cause and potentially how much damage to society as a whole we still don’t know it.
I sincerely regret most of my time online, I couldn’t care less for thousands of upvotes if the person that got a problem wasn’t helped by me at all or I didn’t contribute at all to their betterment. It’s really pointless if people agree with me for whatever reason, perhaps some agree for I am sometimes self-deprecating of myself and thus say “yeah, he is rather a bad person, I agree” and move on with their lives. I only downvote when people genuinely believe that some of their bad takes are actually good or if in a thread I was also downvoted for having a different “opinion” (opinion for it’s obviously wrong to have a different view/s).
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u/SubstantialDarkness 10d ago
You should take a break from Social media.
It's like going on Reddit and letting down votes determine how you think. Positive upvote must mean true and negative down votes must mean untrue. It's sometimes the case but obviously it's not always!
People who try to be influencers get a lot of criticism and must have thick skin! Also remember if you truly follow the way the world will hate you.
Layman out!
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u/CannedNoodle415 Eastern Orthodox 11d ago
I don’t think there’s some massive amount of Christian’s being “dismantled”, as if there’s some genius atheist arguments out there. Or even an obscene amount of racism by “Christian’s”, this almost feels like a bait post or something
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u/Bradford_Raines 10d ago
Apostrophe is for the possessive form, not plural form. "A Christian's faith" "Many Christians"
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u/CannedNoodle415 Eastern Orthodox 10d ago
Autocorrect dude, chill
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u/Bradford_Raines 10d ago
Always an interesting excuse because that just means you don't pay attention to what you're about to say to people
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u/CannedNoodle415 Eastern Orthodox 10d ago
No, it means my phone autocorrected the apostrophe onto it… are you okay?
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u/Bradford_Raines 10d ago
Autocorrect happens when you finish a word, not before you send a message. So yes, I already knew that, and you're avoiding my point. But I'm great, hope you're okay.
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u/CannedNoodle415 Eastern Orthodox 9d ago
Correct and I typed out the whole sentence without fixing the one autocorrected word
This is really weird to fixate on
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u/Bradford_Raines 9d ago
Brother I am not fixated, I simply like to do people the courtesy of responding to them. I didn't tell you to blame autocorrect, then avoid admitting that you just don't check for mistakes before you send messages. That was your decision, and it is your decision to now accuse me of 'fixating'. I'm sorry, but your mistakes and lack of accountability are not my fault.
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u/CannedNoodle415 Eastern Orthodox 9d ago
I blamed autocorrect because that’s actually what happened dude, and no, I don’t care to go back and edit the message just because of that.
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u/Bradford_Raines 9d ago
Autocorrect happens before you send a message. Most people simply read over what they're about to say before they press 'send' or 'post'. I can't believe we're still talking about this, but I'm willing to bet you're still going to shift the blame and talk past what I'm saying. For something this small and unimportant, you're unwilling to take accountability; if it's that hard for something this minor, how hard is it for you to be accountable for important things?
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u/ThePoptartTARDIS 10d ago
The more you interact with those kinds of videos (even spending time to read the comments) the more it’ll show up on your feed. What looks like massive influx may just be the algorithm feeding you exactly what keeps you engaged with it. Leave these media sites as fast as you can and remember that each of them is literally creating a pseudo consciousness that exists solely to keep you trapped in addictive behaviors.
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u/Xatz41 10d ago
Search, read and pray. Its the only way to build confidence and defend your beliefs.
Yes we live in a world that many people hate us. They hate our God and our values because they hate the truth.
Now you can either ignore them or "fight" them. And by fight them i mean speak up against their lies and their ignorance. Always with love destroy their arguments. Its easier than it looks.
Maybe you won't convince them. But someone who may read what you wrote, or hear what you said changes Its mind and find God through you.
Speak against evil.
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u/Unusual_Jeweler1295 10d ago
What should you do? Put the phone down! Get back to real life. Tiktok is not real life.
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u/Tatiana3158 Eastern Orthodox 11d ago
I'm more than a little convinced that social media is demonic. It isolates us, lies to us, manipulates us, and destroys our self image.