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christisrisen
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Long story here, my apologies. I was in this facebook group that was very political and it had quite high participation, with the group getting to know on some level the same people who posted often, a good amount of people actually knowing each other in real life, there being this-facebook-group-specific jokes, etc. There was this one guy in particular who like many of us when we first get into politics, doesn’t think for themselves and latches onto political personalities and basically looks to them for their own opinions- mindless. This is extremely common and I’ve even been there myself before but for him, at least from an outsider looking in, he does this to a whole other degree and I suspect he is very insecure about himself and thus looks to political celebrities for inspiration and some sort of sense-of-self. He is notorious in this group and the type of person who looks for attention by just trying to start conflict, saying edgy jokes that aren’t even remotely funny but just wanting some sort of reaction, it’s really sad when I think about it. He has been kicked out of this group so many times and has made some real enemies. I don’t think he has many friends and is very self-sabotaging. . . .
Anyways, this guy has recently decided to become a Catholic and I have been messaging him about the Church in a group chat because I would love to help someone join the true Church. However, I’m worried about how this will change other people’s perspective on the Church because one thing I know is that if this person is seen endorsing some sort of view, it is not a good look for that view’s side, at all. This guy loves to have another side to bash, which in my humble uneducated opinion I think is just to get some sort of attention which I don’t think he gets much of in real life. He has been Catholic for a very, very sort time and he’s already messaging people bugging them to become Catholic. I am all about spreading the message of the one true faith, but the way he’s doing it would be more of a deterrent to people than anything else. If anyone did it, it would be, but seeing how notorious this one person is, when he does it, it is exponentially a deterrent. He is someone who has tried to cling onto ideologies to give him some sort of identity before and he has been told he needs to let go of that, I really don’t know if it’ll get through to him. I just don’t want his endorsement of Catholicism to come off badly, because souls are at stake here.
Anyways, this guy has recently decided to become a Catholic and I have been messaging him about the Church in a group chat because I would love to help someone join the true Church. However, I’m worried about how this will change other people’s perspective on the Church because one thing I know is that if this person is seen endorsing some sort of view, it is not a good look for that view’s side, at all. This guy loves to have another side to bash, which in my humble uneducated opinion I think is just to get some sort of attention which I don’t think he gets much of in real life. He has been Catholic for a very, very sort time and he’s already messaging people bugging them to become Catholic. I am all about spreading the message of the one true faith, but the way he’s doing it would be more of a deterrent to people than anything else. If anyone did it, it would be, but seeing how notorious this one person is, when he does it, it is exponentially a deterrent. He is someone who has tried to cling onto ideologies to give him some sort of identity before and he has been told he needs to let go of that, I really don’t know if it’ll get through to him. I just don’t want his endorsement of Catholicism to come off badly, because souls are at stake here.
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