Whether you're a normal facebook user or a user with Facebook Addiction Disorder we all know this thing, users sharing pictures with text like "Share if you love God/Jesus" or something like that. But we all have a different views and opinion about this kind of post, some says that it is a way of showing you love God some says its a sin and a form of blasphemy. Well for me this is a shameful act as a Christian and an obvious form of blasphemy, but I will not judge something without a proof of my claim.
Meaning
Before I say my full opinion about this issue we must first understand what "blasphemy" means. The word came from the greek word "Blaspheme" which means "To injure reputation", according to Merriam Webster Dictionary blasphemy is the act of claiming the attributes of deity.My Views and Opinion
Now that we know the meaning of "Blasphemy" is "To injure reputation" (referring to a diety), so it means that if we injure the reputation of Jesus in front of believers and non-believers we already commit blasphemy right?When you share this kind of pictures and a non-believer saw it you already made him think that you're showing the picture of your diety by means of sharing and liking, and in that way you made him think that your God is a very shallow God that wants share facebook share and like, a website created by an atheist.
Hypocrites
I'm not generalizing everyone here, but some of those who share this kind of pictures are somehow "hypocrites", they share it and say "I love Jesus" but what they do after that? They insult other people, post a pic of their body showing their boobs and other kind of obvious sin then they still say they love their God? How can you love someone who you can't even follow or obey? Or even give some respect?
"Claiming the attributes of diety"
According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, blasphemy is the act of claiming the attributes of diety. Referring to the image above where it says "Like if God watches over you", if you like it aren't you claiming that you're 100% sure that God really watches over you? Since none of those who liked it have the permission from God to solicit a liking spree for His name does it proves that they are using the name of God just to gain like and shares? Let me give you an example, a singer has their own Official Fans Club which means that only that club is legally allowed to use his/her name for the sake of promoting that actor. The same with God, unless you have the permission to gather like and share for His name then you are still using His name for personal use and committing blasphemy.
The Reasons
Maybe you might ask me "So what's their reason why they do such shameful act?".First is fame, when you share or like it, other people will see it in their news feed and therefore you just made that page/person famous. Second reason is the Talking About This, this is a facebook page feature that counts every single activity in a page all comments,like,share,questions answered and post are counted as 1 TAT point. The last reason (may not be applicable to everyone) is selling of fan pages, when a certain page reached a reasonable amount of fans and activity (around 100,000) they can sell it for a good price to people with website or blog.
Using the name of God in order to gain fans is the same with putting an advertisement of "Jesus supported this product so buy it."
As a Christian (I'm not a catholic), i'm ashamed with this kind of people sharing this pictures just to show that they love God, if you really love God then act like you really do helping other people is better than sharing those pictures.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blasphemy
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