What Would Jesus Do? Would You Friend Him?
Be a fan of Jesus.
I just finished watching Bill Maher’s Religulous which, if you haven’t seen it, is an in-your-face and almost argumentative look at religion in our world. Throughout the entire movie Maher confronts religious leaders and followers about their faiths, the message they are trying to spread and the inaccuracies based on historic fact. It is not only brilliant, but for someone who has only a tangential interest in religion like myself, it provides a lot of interesting information.
I admit that I am not religion expert and I lay somewhere on that comfortable Christian couch but one thing I couldn’t get out of my mind is what would happen if Jesus had a Facebook account? Or any God or Prophet?
Now before you call the wagon I have to clarify what I mean. It was apparent through this pseudo documentary that religion, in general, has embedded within it many fantastic tales. It really doesn’t matter what faith you are quoting. Now what if that gospel message had the speed of the Groundswell – We have been reading and studying this action and how powerful this can be.
I am certainly not wanting to wade in the waters of religion so consider this next question presuming God exists: What would the shape of religion be if God had a Facebook account? Or even Twitter for answering prayers?
I usually like Maher’s commentaries, do you recommend this movie? Anyway, if God had a Facebook account, I think there would be more wars or at least more lawsuits…imaging corporations claiming their own slogans: “Facebook: where you can find God and lost friends…”
Great comment as usual. I think you are probably right about the wars and lawsuits. There would at least be more accuracy. The movie itself was informative. If you are religious you won’t be offended and if you aren’t you will still enjoy the information. He did a good job.
Remember in BRUCE ALMIGHTY when Jim Carrey started answering prayers as emails? I think Jesus’ Facebook page would take “social networking” to the next level — literally. Would angels, prophets and other deities have Facebook accounts? Maybe there would be an entirely separate Facebook network for gods, and us mortals could only become Fans of their pages.