🏠 Homepage | ChannelConvo nila Doreen with Edwardneil BenavidezPosted: 15 March 2022
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Ang mag-asawang Drs. Doreen at Edwardneil Benavidez ay pillars ng pentecostal community (pastors din po sila) at well-regarded theologians. Narito po ang conversation nilang mag-asawa na pinost ni Dra/Pastora Doreen Alcoran-Benavidez sa FB wall niya. Sa kanilang pahintulot, ay ibinabahagi ko po ito sa inyo:
Convo of Doreen Alcoran-Benavidez with Edwardneil Benavidez this early morning.
Me: Mahal, bakit ganoon marami sa mga kaibigan natin nag-eendorse ng mga fake news and even have the audacity to make fun of people by twisting their statements to serve their purpose of demeaning others. Wala man lang fact-check. Basta pabor sa taong gusto nila share lang ng share. No regard for truth. Disregarding facts.
Neil:
Ako di nagtataka, di ba marami sa kanila pag nag pre-preach out of context? Di inaaral, basta masabi lang ang gusto nilang sabihin. Di man lang uupo at basahing mabuti ang salita ng Diyos. Walang disiplina.
Tapos ang matindi they claim that this is the word of God. If they can twist the word of God to serve their bidding, they can twist anything.
Me: (parang nauntog at nahimasmasan).
Oo nga ano? Hay... paano na?
Neil:
Heart issue yan eh.
If you love the truth, you pursue it and let the truth teach you and change you kahit masakit, not the other way around. Face the facts, study them well. Quest for the trurh. If you are wrong admit it. If you are wrong, change.
Me:
Parang sa bible lang di ba. By disciplined study, you let the bible speak to you, allow it to lead you and teach you the truth.
Neil:
Sa tingin ko, magbabago ang Pilipinas kung magbabago ang mga kaibigan natin sa kanilang pag trato sa paghahanap ng katotohanan.
Me:
So ibig mong sabihin, pag magkaroon ng masigasig na disiplina sa pag aaral ng bible may pag asang mag iba ang gawa sa pagsaliksik ng katotohanan?
Neil:
Oh di ba, di mo ba nakita ang pattern? Sino yung mga maingat sa pag share ng news sa kanilang mga facebook wall? Di ba yung mga masipag na nagsasaliksik sa salita ng Diyos?
Me: Mmm tama ka nga. So ano ang solusyon ng malady na ito?
Neil:
Teach people to be lovers of the truth, lovers of the word of God and pray that this is translated to practical terms like not sharing fake news, doing research.
What is research? the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach NEW conclusions.
Maging maingat at saliksikin ang totoo etc...
Me: (Nag-iisip at nalulungkot).
May pag-asa pa kaya? Kasi nakakalungkot NO significant difference between christians and non christians in sharing fake news and unverified information.
Neil:
Yan ang malungkot sa lahat.
My reflection:
We are sinning against the 9th commandment. The truth is spreading fake news/ unverified information is a SIN.
Many of us enjoy sharing and spreading fake news just because it supports their biases. They do not even spend time checking the information they read on Facebook and internet (Basta support sa biases nila share lang ng share).
The Bereans in Acts 17: 10-12 fact checked if the teachings of the Apostle Paul is correct. They did this aggressively. Tayo eh nakita lang natin ang 1 post on FB eh we believe it right away without looking for evidences.
There is something wrong here on how we translate faith to life.
We have to STOP this aggressively. This is a message specially for Christians. If we are Bereans for the Scriptures, the more that we should be aggressive in the SEARCH of truth in our midst.
This is the only way that we can truly be the salt and light of the world (Matthew 5:16).
Exodus 20:16
16“You must not testify falsely against your neighbor."
(Note: research data shows that the ones gullible of fake news are the ones in the age bracket 40 and above. The most number of fake news sharers are ages 60 and above).
From Abi,
"it is the old people who are easily deceived mom."
Me:
what do you think is the reason?
Abi:
because old people are LAZY to do research of facts. Their mind is made up, they DO NOT want to change even if facts are presented to them. They are not willing to do the study to reach NEW conclusions.
Me: 😥
😅 Tinawag din akong old.
May pag asa pa ba anak?
Abi:
in your generation? I am not sure. In mine, yes.
(Bakit pakiramdam ko pinapagalitan ako ng mga bata).
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