Monday, May 22, 2023

Facebook Dating

 Yes, Facebook is the most used social platform in the entire universe, if there are no aliens. I don't mean the dating app of Facebook. Just the simple hi and hello of those people around Facebook who are friends of friends maybe, and are already looking for a marriage partner.

As a xennial, the last analog and first digital generation, I say that Clash of Clans is virtual compared to Facebook which is real. To those generations that did not experience an analog world, I say, don't confuse the two as if there is no difference. What you do on Facebook is real, as in you're in the real world. Don't play with people's feelings. Even though Clash of Clans may or may not have psychological effects on gamers, still Clash of Clans gaming is on a virtual level, not real. Playing with people's feelings as if its just a game that did not won or did not materialize, invites troubles and wrath from God because God hates falsehood.

Truth or truthfulness is the virtue which consists in showing oneself true in deeds and truthful in words, and guarding against duplicity, dissimulation, and hypocrisy. . . . Respect for the reputation and honor of persons forbids all detraction and calumny in word or attitude.

—CCC, nos. 2505 and 2507

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

—Ex 20:16

You're worried if someone you're talking to might be a scammer. But not all Facebook users are scammers that you can play with because they might be just playing with you. What is the solution? Simply tell them the truth that you are not sure about their identity. And the other person can do something to prove his or her sincerity and prove the allegations as false.

May God help us in this era of deeper digitization of things. That he might send people to correct errors and abuses, and that He might help us live His commandments in this new world, in Jesus name. Amen.