Sunday, March 22, 2015
Yes, I am Christian
For as long as Facebook has been used for political campaigning and social confabulation, there have been particular groups which have experienced targeting by bigoted trolls and biased mediators.
Attractive conservative actors Stacey Dash and Kevin Sorbo are set to star in the upcoming film
“I Am A Christian,” and as such, producers plugged the film on Facebook in an attempt to raise some of the $500,000 for production costs, The Daily Caller Reports.
The film’s title comes from the exact words that Meriam Ibrahim, a pregnant woman sentenced to hang by an Islamic court for converting to Christianity, spoke when she was asked to deny her faith to spare her life. The film will tell the story of Meriam’s miraculous survival after a sentence that outraged the world.
But when Facebook caught wind of the promotion, they quickly censored the ad, giving the most ridiculous reason.
“Are you a Christian?” the producers wrote in a post with their ad graphic. “We challenge you to change your profile picture to this ‘I Am A Christian’ photo for one week! Change your picture now, and challenge your friends to do the same. Stand up and declare Yes, I Am A Christian!!!”
Facebook’s response?
“Your ad wasn’t approved because it doesn’t follow Facebook’s Advertising Guidelines for language that is profane, vulgar, threatening or generates high negative feedback,” Facebook responded vaguely. “Ads can’t use language that insults, harasses or demeans people, or addresses their age, gender, name, race, physical condition or sexual preference.”
Confused as to who exactly the ad was insulting, the producers messaged Facebook, receiving an even more absurd message back from “Frank” of the Facebook Ads Team.
“Your ad wasn’t approved because it doesn’t follow our language policies,” Frank wrote. “We’ve found that people dislike ads that directly address them or their personal characteristics such as religion.”
“Ads should not single out individuals or degrade people. We don’t accept language like ‘Are you fat?’ ‘Wanna join me?’ and the like. Instead, text must present realistic and accurate information in a neutral or positive way and should not have any direct attribution to people,” he added.
So, Frank, a representative of Facebook’s views, thinks that being a Christian and being “fat” are both insults and something that shames us?
The advertisement didn’t offend me, but Frank’s response sure is pushing it.
Franks reasoning is not only outrageous, it goes against successful business acumen. Every major corporation in the world knows you’ll make more money by marketing to the group of people to whom your product or service caters. For example, advertising Justin Bieber’s latest album to men 55 years and older isn’t going to do your sales any good, because men 55 years and older aren’t Bieber fans. Instead, it would benefit sales more if advertisements are geared towards girls aged 13 to 17. The same applies to religious beliefs, or any beliefs for that matter.
Although the producers have set up an indiegogo campaign to which you can donate, the marketing has taken an unnecessary hit because of the censorship.
It’s safe to say that the official decision was made by one or a few of the higher-ups at Facebook, and that the reasoning behind the decision being that ads are unsuccessful when they “address them or their personal characteristics such as religion” was just an excuse. If that were the case, every weight loss program would flop when it asked if potential customers desired to get rid of their unwanted belly fat.
Facebook is once again proving their favoritism by refusing Christians to express pride in their beliefs, all while blacks, Latinos, Muslims, homosexuals, feminists, and even self-proclaimed hipsters are allowed to proclaim and encourage unity and pride in their identities.
Show Facebook that they are wrong in deciding for us that we don’t want to see an ad encouraging the vast majority to be proud of their faith by sharing this on Facebook and Twitter with #IAmAChristian.
H/T [The Washington Times]
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Do you know how and when to show Mercy and/or Forgiveness?
The Beatitudes
…6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.… Amen!
brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,
2 Samuel 22:26
"To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
Psalm 18:25
To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
Proverbs 11:17
Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.
Proverbs 11:25
A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 6:15
But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Matthew 18:33
Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?'
James 2:13
because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Recent news from those who follow evil and do believe in the Lord God Almighty!
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When ISIS brutally beheaded 21 Coptic Christians, spilling their innocent blood into the sea, they fulfilled their infamous Nasheed, the cultish chant that sounds in the group’s propaganda videos.
Theodore Shoebat translates:
In the video, the hostages are seen feverishly whispering in their final hour, but it’s their chosen words that put us in awe.
Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina of Giza acknowledged that “in the moment of their barbaric execution,” the Christians were repeating the words “Lord, Jesus Christ,”
the Catholic Philly reports.
Some screamed “Yeshua,” the name of Jesus in their moment of suffering.
“The name of Jesus was the last word on their lips,” said Bishop Mina, and we can believe that was the first word on their lips as they entered eternity.
Allah commands brutality and warns against mercy, saying, “Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you.”
There is no doubt that ISIS is the most devout to Islam, following Allah’s and Muhammad’s commands in the purest and most literal form, as was carried out in the Muslim conquests for centuries.
The time for denying Islam’s guilt in the Islamic State’s atrocities is over.
We must identify that the fundamentals of Islam are indeed political and tyrannical, and they have brainwashed its followers into fulfilling a bloody Caliphate. The very scriptures ISIS quotes to justify this savagery cannot be misinterpreted as anything other than a call to physically war with unbelievers.
Islam must never coexist, because Muslims “must not take the Jews and Christians as friends.”
Instead, Allah promises his followers, “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.”
The Islamists shout “Allahu akbar” to call the attention of their god to bless their obedience, while the followers of the true religion of peace cry out to their God to seal their salvation.
*** Muslims call on Allah to invoke death; Christians call on Jesus to invoke life.
Share the incredible testimony of these 21 martyrs, that their deaths might inspire, combating the glamorization of such evil.
The Beatitudes
…6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.… Amen!
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:28brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,
2 Samuel 22:26
"To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
Psalm 18:25
To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
Proverbs 11:17
Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.
Proverbs 11:25
A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 6:15
But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Matthew 18:33
Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?'
James 2:13
because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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More truth to live by:
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Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Blessed are the merciful,....
Blessed are the merciful,....
Who show mercy to the bodies of men, to those
that are poor, indigent, and miserable, in their outward circumstances;
by both sympathizing with them, and distributing unto them; not only
making use of expressions of pity and concern; but communicating with
readiness and cheerfulness, with affection and tenderness, and with a
view to the glory of God: who also show mercy to the souls of men, by
instructing such as are ignorant, giving them good counsel and advice:
reproving them for sin, praying for them, forgiving injuries done by
them, and by comforting those that are cast down.
To show mercy is very
delightful to, and desirable by God; it is what he requires, and is one
of the weightier matters of the law; it is very ornamental to a child of
God, and what makes him more like to his heavenly Father.
The happiness
of such persons is this, that they shall
obtain mercy; from man, whenever they are attended with any
uncomfortable circumstances of life; , "whoever is merciful", men show
mercy to him (d): and from God, through Christ; which is free,
sovereign, abundant, and eternal.
Men are said to obtain this, when they
are regenerated, and called by grace; and when they have a discovery,
and an application, of the forgiveness of their sins: but here, it seems
to design those supplies of grace and mercy, which merciful persons may
expect to find and obtain, at the throne of grace, to help them in time
of need; and who shall not only obtain mercy of God in this life, but
in the world to come, in the great day of the Lord; for which the
Apostle prayed for Onesiphorus, 2 Timothy 1:18.
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Recent news from those who follow evil and do believe in the Lord God Almighty!
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When ISIS brutally beheaded 21 Coptic Christians, spilling their innocent blood into the sea, they fulfilled their infamous Nasheed, the cultish chant that sounds in the group’s propaganda videos.
Theodore Shoebat translates:
If unbelief (in Islam) waved as the froth (of the sea) we will fill the plains red crimson blood … we walked dark nights, to slice and slaughter, with the blade of vengeance that poisons whom [our] anger is upon.Although Muhammad set the example of devout Islam when he said, “I have been made triumphant through terror,” no evil Islamic tactic was enough to divert the zealous Christians from the faith.
In the video, the hostages are seen feverishly whispering in their final hour, but it’s their chosen words that put us in awe.
Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina of Giza acknowledged that “in the moment of their barbaric execution,” the Christians were repeating the words “Lord, Jesus Christ,”
the Catholic Philly reports.
Some screamed “Yeshua,” the name of Jesus in their moment of suffering.
“The name of Jesus was the last word on their lips,” said Bishop Mina, and we can believe that was the first word on their lips as they entered eternity.
Allah commands brutality and warns against mercy, saying, “Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you.”
There is no doubt that ISIS is the most devout to Islam, following Allah’s and Muhammad’s commands in the purest and most literal form, as was carried out in the Muslim conquests for centuries.
The time for denying Islam’s guilt in the Islamic State’s atrocities is over.
We must identify that the fundamentals of Islam are indeed political and tyrannical, and they have brainwashed its followers into fulfilling a bloody Caliphate. The very scriptures ISIS quotes to justify this savagery cannot be misinterpreted as anything other than a call to physically war with unbelievers.
Islam must never coexist, because Muslims “must not take the Jews and Christians as friends.”
Instead, Allah promises his followers, “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.”
The Islamists shout “Allahu akbar” to call the attention of their god to bless their obedience, while the followers of the true religion of peace cry out to their God to seal their salvation.
*** Muslims call on Allah to invoke death; Christians call on Jesus to invoke life.
H/T [Inquisitr]
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