This article is a summary of Emilio Garofalo Neto’s lecture at the Interactive Faithful Conference 2020.
This first part will discuss what will be let down and the first ways to do so.
- In the text read.
- Paul talks about the sexual ethics of God’s people and the fact that we are not equal to the heathen.
- Digital fraud generates false expectations that we cannot meet in our siblings through digital media.
- It can happen in two main ways: through the projection of identity.
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- Who we are (or pretend to be); and create expectations.
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- What we propose (or intend to offer).
Social media gives additional audacity to such patterns of behavior; it is easier to deceive the brother by this means and easier to escape without being caught or even disciplined, we present something that we are not for the purpose of gaining an affective advantage, to attract people to what they want and not to who we are. . We are, of course, people who present the the most different way. We choose how we want to be perceived. But the fact is that the presentation can be designed to deceive. If the relationship is face to face, it becomes harder to camouflage who you are. Messages, stories can easily become more believable.
We all make an image that can be more or less misleading, we just see what people want us to see and we end up building the rest with our imagination of what the other person is, online profiles are just a projected image. that’s inevitable. It’s hard when you forget that detail in your relationships. Often, our images are cultivated to deceive another believer in a relationship until it is too late to return.
Selectivity and evaluation of profiles on the network is not necessarily bad, because we always evaluate everything around us, but this can lead to a type of fraud. Not only when it comes to typing, but also in a “lighter” way, showing interest to the person in question. You discover the tastes of others and start using them as bait. Fish the other person by projecting a made image. But that taste was invented.
Look at some of the ways men and women create false images. Let’s look at the most common male profiles first.
It is common for the child to pretend to be a “pious/theologous” person. He is interested in certain biblical and theological themes. But he doesn’t realize that this is a really good and desirable thing. She does it just so that the girl notices a theological effort beyond a simple “I believe in God”, and creates images of someone pious, after all, the girls are with everything in the study of theology. But theology doesn’t go beyond the profile itself. He just wants access to the girl.
Another common image is that of the “successful Pharisee”, although he hides the part of the Pharisee, leads an ungodly life, and when he reaches a point where he wants to marry, he wants to do it with a serious girl. they begin to show that they are living a serious life. Usually this person succeeds in what he does and is very pleasant in the eyes of the pastor, brothers and daughters. Access to create a beautiful image, but that’s wrong.
Another way is the “well connected” guy, who uses and abuses the knowledge network to get close to the girl. Sometimes they even miser in the chat, but because they’re friends, the girl ends up adding up and talking. The examples are innumerable.
But fraud also happens with girls. They usually create images to get attention. One of them is the act of “seeking beauty but within certain limits”, using an almost erotic sensualization. They realize that they can attract followers by expanding certain boundaries without being caught by the pastor. Inconsistency is when they want a man without pornography but use his body and sensual posture to lure them in. But make no mistake: there’s no reward but to attract men who want to see beautiful, sexy bodies. And believers are too skilled to stand. to the limit, saying that “evil is in the eye of the viewer. “Sometimes Christian girls feel second, in unfair competition with the girls of the world, but forget they are with them.
Another path is the image of sadness and melancholy, the “suffering princess” who needs attention and care. She posts sad things, complains that serious men don’t exist anymore, or that all people are deceptive. Gentlemen, accept, offer help, in general you only want to cheer up when you see that the sea is full of fish when you want to fish, it is also fraudulent: the brothers are taken to run towards you when they only want attention. There are several other forms of fraud for both groups.
To conclude this first part, there is a particular form that goes through a third: the so-called “cupid”, the one who wants to join other brothers by force, as if being single is a serious sin, and sometimes even invents one for you?ministry, thinking that’s your calling. He then forces the brothers to create images of themselves to have something to say to themselves; then we run to the online social profile, so that we can evaluate the other through selectively well-selected messages, creating a difficult situation to resist. With the intention of “helping,” they expose the brothers to project a false image of who they are to others.
In the digital age, where the tendency is to meet others online, it is much easier to hide and deceive others about who we are.
But who should we be before Christ?When you try to convey a different image than what Christ forms in you, you end up letting down and putting yourself in a position that will also be hurt, because at some point the truth will come out.