On facebook people changing profiles to have colors of France's flag

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November is the month to pray for the dead. And the month to focus on the coming of the end of ages. And apparently to have a flag so your 64 friends can see you recognize something happened to people of a country in Europe. Dollars to doughnuts the average person could not pick the French flag out in a group of emojis.
 
Vanny said:
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Why are people here assuming that I don’t pray, or fast , or take the Bible seriously?
So people who put the profile on the FB don’t pray, fast, or take the Bible seriously?
Isn’t that making a lot of unfair assumptions?
This is what go me going here, in the first place.
The assumption that people that click like on FB don’t donate money,
or do other things to help causes, or offer up prayers, or whatever.
yes even a Lutheran can offer up prayers for people in need!
The idea that they mindlessly click “Like” and then go away thinking “Yup I’ve done all I need to do.”
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You are assuming I am assuming those things. What is the wording of your prayers you have prayed?
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
If just 1 percent ( get it, the one percent). Of people who have this flag had a mass said for the same intention France would be blessed. Who one these boards has done that? Full disclosure, I have not either…
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You’re making some very generalized assumptions of people you know absolutely nothing about. Sometimes people feel helpless – especially when something has just happened. What is so wrong with people looking for a way to show others that they’re thinking about them and yes even praying for them?

If you don’t want to do it, don’t; but quit belittling those who do.
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
If just 1 percent ( get it, the one percent). Of people who have this flag had a mass said for the same intention France would be blessed. Who one these boards has done that? Full disclosure, I have not either…
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Am I exempt since I don’t have the flag?

If one percent…you realize that most probably aren’t Catholic therefore a Mass being said isn’t going to happen. The other thing that you are missing is the solidarity. You don’t do social media. I do. I like hearing from actual people what they think about things rather than news reports. BTW I don’t see the French flag on Twitter, it appears to be primarily Facebook. It’s notable because the rainbow flag was prominent on both. According to your dismissive assumptions, only people on Facebook care about what happened France.
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
November is the month to pray for the dead. And the month to focus on the coming of the end of ages. And apparently to have a flag so your 64 friends can see you recognize something happened to people of a country in Europe. Dollars to doughnuts the average person could not pick the French flag out in a group of emojis.
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Dollars to donuts even more can do so now.
 
Aggie414 said:
What business is it of yours to know? Prayer is between the person and God!!!
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Weird reaction. People post prayers all the time on these boards. Perhaps I just wanted to know so I could join in with the poster. You know in solidarity…
I frankly am confused by your response particularly on a thread that is public discussing social media. Are you sure you communicated your point correctly?
 
The real problem is what do we do if Germany is artacked along with Britain and the Netherlands. Then a shooting in a Midwestern state and perhaps a hurricane in Mexico.

Oh well forget it. The college football playoffs are coming and each of them have a flag!
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
Weird reaction. People post prayers all the time on these boards. Perhaps I just wanted to know so I could join in with the poster. You know in solidarity…
I frankly am confused by your response particularly on a thread that is public discussing social media. Are you sure you communicated your point correctly?
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People posting their prayers because they choose to is one thing, demanding to know their prayers is another thing.

I’ve communicated my point exactly how I intended to communicate it.
 
Come to think of it, I may have been close to being on target earlier when I mentioned bumper stickers. On reflection, social media “stuff”–hashtags, profile pics, memes, and so on–is, I think, my generation’s version of bumper stickers, campaign buttons, or political yard signs: a way to make a point, show support (in some cases minimal, in others not), and sometimes start conversations.
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
But not next week… But point taken. The fruit of this mass group peer pressure is indeed emoji awareness.
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Again, since you don’t care for social media (except CAF, I guess) why do you care? Also, it’s not an emoji.
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
The real problem is what do we do if Germany is artacked along with Britain and the Netherlands. Then a shooting in a Midwestern state and perhaps a hurricane in Mexico.

Oh well forget it. The college football playoffs are coming and each of them have a flag!
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I already noted this in an earlier post.
 
Wow, so much judgment, self-righteousness, and condemnation on this thread regarding those of us who did superimpose the French flag on our profile pics. I view these comments as very uncharitable.

Here is why I changed my profile pic to include the French flag:
  1. France is the oldest ally of this nation. On Ellis Island stands a tribute given to us** by France** that has stood as a show of France’s solidarity with us and a beacon of hope for millions that have sought to live in this country, most of whom were escaping indescribably horrible social, political, and religious situations.
  2. If you’ve been on social media, you likely would’ve seen the tribute and show of solidarity that France did for the United States after 9/11. The pic shows a HUGE American flag being held out horizontally by French military with the Eiffel Tower in the background. It truly was a nice gesture.
  3. And while we Americans who DO support France after these attacks would love nothing better than for our own Commander-in-Chief to step up to the plate and do MORE against radical Islam, we have no power to change the situation as it now stands. WE, personally, can’t pick up our guns and commission fighter jets. We are truly powerless BUT we can pray, we can fast, we can donate, and we can publicly show our support in whatever ways we darn well wish and I think it is very uncharitable for anyone to question the motives or the authenticity of such an action. Questioning these outward displays of solidarity is a slap in the face to EVERY act of solidarity ever shown (i.e., cancer ribbons, prayer vigils, flying American flags, etc.).
So get off your high horses…
 
slh3016 said:
Wow, so much judgment, self-righteousness, and condemnation on this thread regarding those of us who did superimpose the French flag on our profile pics. I view these comments as very uncharitable.

Here is why I changed my profile pic to include the French flag:
  1. France is the oldest ally of this nation. On Ellis Island stands a tribute given to us** by France** that has stood as a beacon of hope for millions that have sought to live in this country, most of whom were escaping indescribably horrible social, political, and religious situations.
  2. If you’ve been on social media, you likely would’ve seen the tribute and show of solidarity that France did for the United States after 9/11. The pic shows a HUGE American flag being held out horizontally by French military with the Eiffel Tower in the background. It truly was a nice gesture.
  3. And while we Americans who DO support France after these attacks would love nothing better than for our own Commander-in-Chief to step up to the plate and do MORE against radical Islam, we have no power to change the situation as it now stands. WE, personally, can’t pick up our guns and commission fighter jets. We are truly powerless BUT we can pray, we can fast, we can donate, and we can publicly show our support in whatever ways we darn well wish and I think it is very uncharitable for anyone to question the motives or the authenticity of such an action. Questioning these outward displays of solidarity is a slap in the face to EVERY act of solidarity ever shown (i.e., cancer ribbons, prayer vigils, flying American flags, etc.).
So get off your high horses…
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Aggie414 said:
People posting their prayers because they choose to is one thing, demanding to know their prayers is another thing.

I’ve communicated my point exactly how I intended to communicate it.
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Demanding prayers? Just asking what the prayer was. A small bit of sharing on a public site. Certainly not as personal as say asking for the posters pic with a flag draped over it…
 
Wow what utter presumption and judgementalism on the part of most of those on this thread.
I’m bowing out of this thread.

Bruised Reed,slh, 3016, Ubicaritas, Aggie, I don’t mean you-thanks for your support.
 
slh3016 said:
Wow, so much judgment, self-righteousness, and condemnation on this thread regarding those of us who did superimpose the French flag on our profile pics. I view these comments as very uncharitable.

Here is why I changed my profile pic to include the French flag:
  1. France is the oldest ally of this nation. On Ellis Island stands a tribute given to us** by France** that has stood as a show of France’s solidarity with us and a beacon of hope for millions that have sought to live in this country, most of whom were escaping indescribably horrible social, political, and religious situations.
  2. If you’ve been on social media, you likely would’ve seen the tribute and show of solidarity that France did for the United States after 9/11. The pic shows a HUGE American flag being held out horizontally by French military with the Eiffel Tower in the background. It truly was a nice gesture.
  3. And while we Americans who DO support France after these attacks would love nothing better than for our own Commander-in-Chief to step up to the plate and do MORE against radical Islam, we have no power to change the situation as it now stands. WE, personally, can’t pick up our guns and commission fighter jets. We are truly powerless BUT we can pray, we can fast, we can donate, and we can publicly show our support in whatever ways we darn well wish and I think it is very uncharitable for anyone to question the motives or the authenticity of such an action. Questioning these outward displays of solidarity is a slap in the face to EVERY act of solidarity ever shown (i.e., cancer ribbons, prayer vigils, flying American flags, etc.).
So get off your high horses…
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And there is this: while I grant that I personally don’t see much point in changing one’s profile picture, doing so does *not *mean that the person behind the profile isn’t also praying/fasting/donating where appropriate/etc. I have no doubt that some people will only change their profile pic and do nothing else, social pressure being what it is, but I also have no doubt that most of the people doing so genuinely care, and that a decent percentage are at least offering up a prayer or two for the victims.

It also might not hurt to bear in mind that we live in a time of unprecedented global news coverage. While Back In the Day (say, 100-150 years ago or more) we might not hear about things like tsunamis in Japan or famines in Africa because a) virtually no one in the West would have known and b) unfortunately, even fewer would care because those people don’t look like us, now we hear about everything, and while that’s good, it can also be overwhelming. It’s natural for us as humans to focus on a few specific things rather than simultaneously trying to fix genocide in Africa, forced abortions in China, Ebola in western Africa, HIV/AIDS here in the US, lack of civil rights in the middle east, and so on. I am convinced that part of the reason that certain events get more attention is the “sexiness,” if you will, of the subject (like I said: Paris has more popular appeal and romance attached to it than rural Mexicans being slaughtered by drug cartels), but again, that’s a part of our human condition. Not one of the more ideal parts, of course, but there it is.
 
slh3016 said:
Wow, so much judgment, self-righteousness, and condemnation on this thread regarding those of us who did superimpose the French flag on our profile pics. I view these comments as very uncharitable.

Here is why I changed my profile pic to include the French flag:
  1. France is the oldest ally of this nation. On Ellis Island stands a tribute given to us** by France** that has stood as a show of France’s solidarity with us and a beacon of hope for millions that have sought to live in this country, most of whom were escaping indescribably horrible social, political, and religious situations.
  2. If you’ve been on social media, you likely would’ve seen the tribute and show of solidarity that France did for the United States after 9/11. The pic shows a HUGE American flag being held out horizontally by French military with the Eiffel Tower in the background. It truly was a nice gesture.
  3. And while we Americans who DO support France after these attacks would love nothing better than for our own Commander-in-Chief to step up to the plate and do MORE against radical Islam, we have no power to change the situation as it now stands. WE, personally, can’t pick up our guns and commission fighter jets. We are truly powerless BUT we can pray, we can fast, we can donate, and we can publicly show our support in whatever ways we darn well wish and I think it is very uncharitable for anyone to question the motives or the authenticity of such an action. Questioning these outward displays of solidarity is a slap in the face to EVERY act of solidarity ever shown (i.e., cancer ribbons, prayer vigils, flying American flags, etc.).
So get off your high horses…
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Instead of a flag that could mean anything imagine if a Facebook poster wrote a prayer and used it as a profile pic. Something perhaps like… St Joan of arc we ask your intercession for the people of France we pray for the protection of the innocent and the perfect holy justice of the guilty. Deliver your people oh Lord from the pains of terrorism and hate."

Is that or a flag more meaningful?
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
Instead of a flag that could mean anything imagine if a Facebook poster wrote a prayer and used it as a profile pic. Something perhaps like… St Joan of arc we ask your intercession for the people of France we pray for the protection of the innocent and the perfect holy justice of the guilty. Deliver your people oh Lord from the pains of terrorism and hate."

Is that or a flag more meaningful?
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In terms of sheer practicality, that prayer would need to fit on a space approximately an inch square on a regular monitor, and maaaaaaybe a centimeter square, if that, on a phone screen. No one would be able to read it.

Now, a picture of St. Joan of Arc (which, interestingly enough, I have seen on a few profiles) might be feasible, if less universal.
 
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