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Библията Тв | PentecostalTheology.comAre SELFIES Biblical? GO!
Jeffrey D. Madison [08/18/2015 8:52 AM]
lol, sure, lol,
Brody Pope [08/18/2015 8:57 AM]
Far as I know their ain’t scripture against taking selfies.
Brody Pope [08/18/2015 8:57 AM]
Far as I know their ain’t scripture against taking selfies.
Dianna Orea [08/18/2015 9:10 AM]
They are elevating or drawing attention to SELF. We are supposed to die to self and to draw attention or elevate Christ.
Selfies are SELFcentered. They exalt the very thing we are supposed to crucify.
Dianna Orea [08/18/2015 9:10 AM]
They are elevating or drawing attention to SELF. We are supposed to die to self and to draw attention or elevate Christ.
Selfies are SELFcentered. They exalt the very thing we are supposed to crucify.
John Kissinger [08/18/2015 9:46 AM]
I am not interested in going on an anti-selfie campaign. People are creative. They are made after a creative God.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/close-encounters/201501/are-selfies-sign-narcissism-and-psychopathy
John Kissinger [08/18/2015 9:46 AM]
I am not interested in going on an anti-selfie campaign. People are creative. They are made after a creative God.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/close-encounters/201501/are-selfies-sign-narcissism-and-psychopathy
John Ruffle [08/18/2015 9:49 AM]
Better than taking photos of celebs: “..and Jesus passed through the press..”
John Kissinger [08/18/2015 9:49 AM]
So, if I’m reading this right, taking a selfie and posting it on social media is not a form of narcissism or self-obsession but a form of healthy self-acceptance and a desire to be accepted for who I am, what I look like, and where I am. There’s some truth in this possibility http://www.biblesociety.org.au/news/biblical-wisdom-say-selfie
John Kissinger [08/18/2015 9:49 AM]
So, if I’m reading this right, taking a selfie and posting it on social media is not a form of narcissism or self-obsession but a form of healthy self-acceptance and a desire to be accepted for who I am, what I look like, and where I am. There’s some truth in this possibility http://www.biblesociety.org.au/news/biblical-wisdom-say-selfie
Pentecostal Theology [08/18/2015 9:56 AM]
Would Jesus take a selfie?
We work so hard to project the perfect image of ourselves but Jesus’s attention was always on God and those around HIM 1st first http://www.christiantoday.com/article/would.jesus.take.a.selfie/35164.htm
Pentecostal Theology [08/18/2015 9:56 AM]
Would Jesus take a selfie?
We work so hard to project the perfect image of ourselves but Jesus’s attention was always on God and those around HIM 1st first http://www.christiantoday.com/article/would.jesus.take.a.selfie/35164.htm
John Ruffle [08/18/2015 10:03 AM]
This and thwxassicuated study are both secular and do not account for evangelistic tendencies. In the linked study (see bottom of the study page for link) it features bith men and women (from Poland) but again dicuessed I negative traites. For instance, in finding that selfie-posting tended to Inc read amk g thise seeing themselves as leaders, this was linked with “more willing to manipulate”. THAT statement I’d more a reflection on the researchers mind set than the subjects (especially as no ratioake was offered as to why that might be so.)
Therefore I conclude that both studies were flawed at best. Of course our pre-conditions and need for inner being will be reflected in our on-line behaviour. But the taking of selfues us not the cause – only a possible symptom.
Ok having now preached to the choir let’s post a nice selfie…..
John Ruffle [08/18/2015 10:03 AM]
This and thwxassicuated study are both secular and do not account for evangelistic tendencies. In the linked study (see bottom of the study page for link) it features bith men and women (from Poland) but again dicuessed I negative traites. For instance, in finding that selfie-posting tended to Inc read amk g thise seeing themselves as leaders, this was linked with “more willing to manipulate”. THAT statement I’d more a reflection on the researchers mind set than the subjects (especially as no ratioake was offered as to why that might be so.)
Therefore I conclude that both studies were flawed at best. Of course our pre-conditions and need for inner being will be reflected in our on-line behaviour. But the taking of selfues us not the cause – only a possible symptom.
Ok having now preached to the choir let’s post a nice selfie…..
Pentecostal Theology [08/18/2015 10:03 AM]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/the-pope/10277934/Pope-Francis-and-the-first-Papal-selfie.html
John Ruffle [08/18/2015 10:04 AM]
The temptation was just toooooo great!!!!!!! ??????
Matthew Freeman [08/18/2015 10:11 AM]
Is Facebook Biblical…..
Brody Pope [08/18/2015 10:13 AM]
Sorry, had to.
Pentecostal Theology [08/18/2015 10:17 AM]
http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgcworship/2014/02/21/selfies-self-deception-and-self-worship/
John Kissinger [08/18/2015 10:18 AM]
Matthew Freeman Great question, but would you post it in a separate topic to discuss there #THANKS
Brody Pope [08/18/2015 10:21 AM]
Pentecostal Theology I’m trying to post a question on your timeline but it won’t let me.
John Kissinger [08/18/2015 10:30 AM]
Seems like you just did or NOT? #UPCI
Brody Pope [08/18/2015 10:36 AM]
I figured it out lol.
Kenneth Gentles [08/18/2015 10:44 AM]
You don’t expect trivialities from the deepest ocean of intellectualism?
Marc Bowers [08/18/2015 11:06 AM]
Man now your killing me lol #selfieking what will I do now
Dianna Orea [08/18/2015 11:06 AM]
Also there are some selfies that are very ungodly. Those that expose more flesh than they ought.
John Ruffle [08/18/2015 11:07 AM]
Is STARBUCKS biblical?
John Ruffle [08/18/2015 11:09 AM]
Is it BIBLICAL to spell biblical with a lower case “b”?
Marc Bowers [08/18/2015 11:10 AM]
Is Dunkin donuts the same
Marc Bowers [08/18/2015 11:14 AM]
Does going to a grocery store make it a sin
Pentecostal Theology [08/18/2015 11:17 AM]
#STARBUCKS has a naked mermaid logo promoting a certain culture… like the drink discovered by Rick Wadholm Jr http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/hebrew-semantics-of-the-drink-of-the-beast/
Stan Wayne [03/20/2016 3:15 PM]
Funny
Ilya Okhotnikov
is a second marriage biblical?
Stan Wayne
Yes
Ilya Okhotnikov
is not letting one religion’s ffollowers enter the US biblical?
Ilya Okhotnikov
is a reproduction after onr parent’s death biiblical?
Stan Wayne
Yes
Ilya Okhotnikov
is going to war biblical?
Stan Wayne
Yes
“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.”
Ecclesiastes 3:3, 8 ASV
Ilya Okhotnikov
My point is: there are way much more serious issues that the Church needs to provide a Biblical or at least theological answer.
Stan Wayne
But it is worth contemplating self centeredness
Tim Renneberg
No such thing as cameras when the text was written…
Jon Ray
I’d say they had some technology of promoting themselves under the same principle 🙂
Varnel Watson
Denying of selfies could be more biblical than selfies themselves
Varnel Watson
http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/7-ways-to-determine-if-you-need-deliverance/
Ron Culbreth
Are you serious? Next, we’ll be asking, how many angels will fit on the head of a pin. Does that sound familiar?
Varnel Watson
got BIBLE for this? RichardAnna Boyce
RichardAnna Boyce
i tell local pastors they need to DIVORCE ….. their cell phones … as iv’e never owned one.
Rick Ferguson
RichardAnna Boyce that’s dumb
RichardAnna Boyce
Rick Ferguson dumb question deserves dumb answer. But try having breakfast with 3 pastors glued to their cell phones. I get their attention by saying pastors should DIVORCE ……
Tyler Lee Price
Do we really have to go as far as asking this question?
Jesse James Sullivan
Most definitely biblical…
The bible goes over sin quite extensively…
About as Holy as Crap…
Varnel Watson
Tyler Lee Price Ron Culbreth there you have it
Tyler Lee Price
Troy Day oof. He got me good on this one.
Rick Ferguson
I am convinced that Jesus nor the disciples never took selfies nor did they post them to social media. Is social media Biblical
Anonymous
Yes the scripture says “love thyself “…
Anonymous
Isara Mo tell us all you know
Anonymous
Troy Day
I think brother selfies mean exactly that “selfish ”
You have to be selfish to take an own photo in the morning ,another one in the afternoon and a third and fourth before you retire to bed.
The sicker the patient the more medicines are prescription by the doctor..
Selfies are okay as long as they are not addictive .They are “Biblical” since the scripture tells us to love our neighbours as we love our selves.Never seen a person who doesn’t love themselves including GOD .
But when selfies become addictive they form a kind of self worship and self worship is idolatry and this is not Biblical..
So yes ,selfies can be Biblical and yet not Biblical (my view) depending on attached a person is to the ritual
Anonymous
What does the Bible say about them? Does it approve? Does it forbid? The Bible says nothing about selfies bit it does warn about pride, immodesty, and other sins that could possibly be part of the motivation for taking and posting slefies.
Anonymous
The first 50 years the church branded most of Hollywood’s productions as worldly and even evil and we were strongly warned to stay out of movie houses.
Then along came television and hollywood moved into our homes. Little by little we developed a taste for news and their views and then entertainment, including killing and sexual licenses until such a time that we are spending big money every month on cable TV that let’s in all kinds of options from the good and important to the base and the wicked. What has Hollywood done to us? For us? Against us?