Facebook.
The world’s biggest social network can lead married people astray, says the head of the
So, in his Sunday sermon, the Rev.
This thinking runs counter to churches that are embracing social media to reach their flocks.
Although
“If the church is not on their mobile device, it doesn’t exist,” said Bishop
The Dalai Lama tweets. His latest: “True compassion
brings with it the dispelling of internal tensions, a state of calmness
and serenity.”
Miller’s counseling work, however, has taught him that it’s not good to get too chummy with old friends.
It leads to infidelity and other problems.
“There’s a reason why your past is the past, and
hopefully you have grown in the Lord, matured to not link up with a
past that for many people is a Christless past,” he told the
Miller’s wife, Kim, is also a pastor in the church,
which has grown to more than 1,000 members since the couple started it
in 1987.
also said he was giving up his Facebook page — and no sign of one could
be found Wednesday morning.
He’s not alone, though, judging from articles and blogs online that decry not just sexual temptations, but wasted time.
Muslims have mixed feelings, worrying about modesty
and likenesses of Muhammad, even as Facebook is the social medium of
choice is many Muslim countries, according to a
Some Christians even gave up Facebook for Lent.
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