We surely all agree that the internet is not an accurate reflection of society

My next statement is not just for Christians in particular.

I think people in general show their true colors online just because they are protected by their anonymity. They can say anything, be their worst self and di””they can run away from the consequences of that.

In real life, they care about their reputation and what people will say about them and their families.

Au contraire. It shows us exactly what people are really like, behind the masks polite society makes them wear.

What, you think I actually eat as many cookies as I post here??

Everyone has drifted from the original purpose of the internet...
Cat pictures. 😽🤗

It's an interesting topic. Of course, on a place like this where everyone is anonymous, it's easy to "let it fly", and be all anger and judgment or whatever.

However, on Facebook I'm only connected with people I know IRL, and over the past few years I've been unpleasantly surprised by a lot of them. Not necessarily for holding a particular view, but for how nasty they are towards anyone with a different view. There are some people that are so bad that I'd really rather have nothing to do with them, including a few that are Christians. And again, these are people who know each other, interacting with each other - not like here.

Over the last few years a number of “Christians” have revealed their true selves. And it’s not the Christianity I was raised in and taught.

Totally disagree, I've met irl very hypocrite religious people, irl and here and everywhere you'll find good and bad people.
Just here is easier to pretend things they're not

Oh, many of the ones I once knew in real life, were hypocritical asses

Wait ....you meanto tell me

People aren't honest on the internets ?

I'm shocked

Overall I think you are right, about whatever group. You mentioned Christians so I'll mention atheists: the ones I know are lovely people, but if I just knew about atheism from online "discussions" I would think they were mostly highly aggressive and intolerant.

I'm not sure why this amplification of negativity happens but you are wise to look beyond it!

Or maybe some really are and reveal who they truly are here, while they hide it among civilized people of RL.

I think it'll show you the worst of society. Yet at the same time, there's also very good people as well. Just be careful who you trust.

Wait until you meet irl the Christians that run in politics. You've only exposed yourself to a good subset.

💯 Extremists of every stripe continue to suck all the oxygen out of the room.

Yes, sometimes i look at the mirror after i take a selfie and say I'm not that ugly 😬🥰

Why are you referring to yourself as “all”? How many of you are there?

It is the only society I know.

The Christians I know from the church I work at are awesome. There's no particular love for them in general here. And when you make a statement about any religious group, it's MILLIONS of people. I doubt any one person is qualified to generalize on that level.

I’ve met a lot of ugly Christians in person. They don’t represent the religion well, and I’ve been encountering them long before there even was an internet. They’re not perhaps the best example of your point.

Depends on the Christians. The Fundamentalist Protestants I went to school with? Nah, they were legit terrible.

The Armenians I've met who belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church? On the whole nothing but positive.

Absolutely. People only put out one dimension of themselves on the internet. Myself included. Some folks say it's a defense mechanism. Can't put too much of your real personality out there among strangers.