Ngabe imithombo yezokuxhumana ingasixhumanisa noNkulunkulu?

Imithombo yezokuxhumana ingadala umphakathi ocebile wokholo nempilo engokomoya ejulile.

Ngolunye usuku ekuseni olukhanyayo ngoDisemba, ngiphule iSonto lami elijwayelekile elijwayelekile kusuka kobuchwepheshe kuya ku-Instagram. Izingane zami bezigqoke futhi nesikhwama se-diaper besigcwele, ngakho-ke ngibe nemizuzu embalwa ngaphambi kweMass yokuwa kusofa ebheke efasiteleni lethu futhi ngibuke iqhwa elisentabeni lethu liqala ukuncibilika ngenxa yokushisa okuncane kwama-degree angu-43 a UFort Wayne.

Ezansi e-Austin, eTexas, umlobi ongumKatolika uJennifer Fulweiler wayethumele i-video yakhe eya eMass. Ukuqalwa kwami ​​kokuqala ukuthi wayehlala endaweni angadingi ukugqoka ijazi ngoDisemba. Okwesibili ukuthi ihembe lakhe elipinki lalibukeka kahle ngezinwele zakhe ezibomvu ezikhanyayo. Isihloko esikhishwe kule vidiyo sifundeka kanje: “Bengiwazi ukuthi namuhla kungokwendabuko ukugqoka ipinki ngenqwaba ngenxa ye-Instagram. Konke ukuqwashisa kwami ​​nge-Litological kuvela ku-Instagram. "

Kwakuwumzuzu we-YAS, weNdlovukazi kimi. Njengoba ngihlanganyela ngentshiseko ekhalendeni lesonto lezenkolo njengoba ngizama ukuba yikho, ngiphuthelwa izinto. Manje, ngenxa ye-Instagram, i-Twitter, i-YouTube, i-Facebook, ama-blogs nama-podcasts, nginekuqiniswa kwansuku zonke kusuka esontweni lendawo ephilayo elingaphefumuli ngaphezulu kokushaya okukodwa.

Ekuseni ngalolo suku ngangivele ngazi ukuthi kuyiSonto likaGaudete ngoba enye yezimemori engizithandayo yaqhuma kuFacebook kuyo yonke impelasonto. Umbukiso wefilimu yabafana i-Kusho Girls, le meme ibhekise kumantombazane asemazingeni aphakeme ahlonishwayo akhombisa ukungabinakho ngokugqoka pinki ngoLwesithathu.

I-meme iveze isithombe sefilimu nabalingiswa begqoke imibala yabo ehlukile, kepha umugqa wefilimu ethi "NgoLwesithathu sigqoka pink" uthathelwa indawo ngu "Domenica di Gaudete, sigqoka pink". Kuluhlobo lwesiko le-pop / i-Katolika-mash enginikeza impilo. Ngenxa yesimemo nokuthunyelwe kukaJennifer Fulweiler, amantombazane ami ahlotshiswe ngombala opinki (hhayi opinki, ngoba ngithola eminye imininingwane yami emithonjeni esemthethweni ethe xaxa).

Ukukhumbula ukugqoka umbala ofanele ukuhlonipha iholide lesonto kuyinto encane, kepha kukhombisa iqiniso elibanzi: kakhulu njengoba sikhononda ngobungozi bemithombo yezokuxhumana nobuchwepheshe, i-Intanethi ayinabubi obuhlangene futhi empeleni kungaba ngomunye izingelosi ezinkulu kakhulu zikaNkulunkulu.

Impikiswano ngokumelene ne-Intanethi isobala futhi i-threadbare. Okungabhekwa okungenani zonke izindlela i-Intanethi ezingasizakala ngazo empilweni yethu ngokomoya.

Cabanga emuva empilweni ngaphambi kwezokuxhumana. Uma, njengami, ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-90s wawungumfana ongajwayelekile owayemthanda uNkulunkulu futhi esontweni elingcwele lamaRoma Katolika, kungenzeka ukuthi uzizwe ukhishwe inyumbazana. Babengekho abantu abaningi ababegqoke ezimnyama futhi begqoke izingwevu ngombala obomvu okhanyayo esontweni lami. Ngiphikelele okholweni lwami yize umphakathi wawungekho, hhayi lokhu.

Ngenkathi isizungu siyiqiniso lempilo, angikwazi ukusiza kepha cabanga ukuthi kungakanani engingakuthola ekuzuzeni ngamakhulu amaqembu we-Facebook manje anikezela amaKatolika azo zonke izinhlobo amakholwa akanye nawo. Ngenkathi i- "kid goth kid" iyiqembu elihle kakhulu, ukuzizwa unesizungu akukhona. Abezokuxhumana basixhumanisa nezindlela ezazingenakwenzeka ngaphambili.

Enye yengxenyekazi yami yezokuxhumana engiyithandayo ukuxhumana nabanye amaKatolika yi-Twitter, ngoba lokho i-Twitter ikwenza kahle kakhulu ukukhombisa ukwehluka kweSonto LamaKatolika. Simikhulu, sibaningi futhi asihlali sivumelana. Ngosuku olunikeziwe, ukuseshwa kwe- "#CatholicTwitter" kuqondisa abasebenzisi be-Twitter kokuvuselelwa okuthunyelwe, izicelo zomkhuleko namazwana avela kumaKhatholika esikanye nawo.

I-Twitter yamaKatolika isikhumbuza ukuthi impilo yanamuhla yamaKatolika iyinkimbinkimbi. Ama-tweets alabo abelana ngemizabalazo yethu asenza sizizwe singeyedwa futhi asiphonsela inselelo yokuthi sihlole ukuthi iVangeli lingayisho kanjani impendulo yethu emhlabeni. Ngamafuphi, i-Twitter iyimakrofoni enkulu yempilo yamaKatolika esebenza lapho singezwa khona amazwi amaKhatholika avela kulo lonke uhlangothi olubanzi. Ama-akhawunti e-Twitter athandwayo ama-Katolika afana noFr. UJames Martin (@FrJamesMartinSJ), Tommy Tighe (@theghissilent), JD Flynn (@jdflynn), UDade Simone Campbell (@sr_simone), Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) kanye ne-USCCB (@USCCB) bafakazela izikhali ezibanzi futhi ezemboze i-Twitter. .

Ngenkathi ngingedwa, eminyakeni yama-90s, uma ngangihlanya ngiphethe i-ghostly and paley powder, ngangizothola abangane abangama-Katolika abangajwayelekile nge-Facebook, i-Instagram ne-Twitter, okuwukuphela kwendawo lapho bengingathola khona ukuxhumana okuningi bekungaba ama-podcasts. Noma ngubani onemakrofoni nekhompyutha angaba ne-podcast, afake umbono wawo womhlaba ku-ether ngethemba lokuthi othile ulalele.

Ngenxa yalokhu kubekeka engcupheni kanye nemvelo eqinile yesikhulumi, kukhona ukusondelana nama-podcasts ahlukanisa leyo maphakathi. Ama-podcasts aqoshwe njengoLeah Darrow's Yenza Okuthile Omuhle ahlala eduze komsakazo wekolishi lamaJesuatic, i-podcast yokuqwashisa ngomagazini waseMelika lapho amaKatolika asemasha ekhuluma khona ngokholo. Ngokweqiniso, uma ungakwazi ukuthola i-podcast ekwenza uzizwe uxhumeke kakhulu empilweni yama Katolika, awubheki kanzima ngokwanele.

Ukusesha kulula. Umbuzo uthi ngabe sizimisele yini ukusebenzisa i-Intanethi ngezindlela ezisisondeza kuNkulunkulu .. Iqiniso lokuthi amaKhatholika amaningi athathe isikhundla sokudela amaswidi eLent ngokuyeka i-Facebook kuyinkomba eqinile yokuthi sisebenzisa kanjani ubuchwepheshe kunobudlelwano bethu ngayo. Kepha iqiniso ukuthi imithombo yezokuxhumana kanye ne-Intanethi akuwona umsebenzi wesathane.

Esikhundleni sokushiya ngokuphelele imidiya eku-inthanethi, kufanele sizibophezele ukuthi siyisebenzisa kanjani. Kufanele sibuyisele amahora esichithwe sibheka ukuphuma kwe-Facebook nokuphuma komphakathi emaqenjini amaFacebook ama-Facebook, kulandela ama-akhawunti we-Instagram amemezela impilo futhi abambe iqhaza kwi-Twitter yamaKatolika. Esikhundleni sokulandela inhlebo, siyakwazi ukulalela ama-podcasts asenza sizizwe sengathi siyingxenye yokuthile okukhulu kakhulu kunathi, ngoba empeleni, siyingxenye yokuthile okukhulu kakhulu kunathi.

Ngokokuqala ngqa emlandweni wesintu, sinezinsizakusebenza eziletha cishe wonke umhlaba. Ngokokuqala ngqa emlandweni wesintu, osemusha ongumKatolika ohlukanisiwe nomaphi emhlabeni angathola umphakathi wama Katolika ukuthi umsize ukubona uKristu kwabanye nakuye uqobo. Ngokokuqala ngqa emlandweni wesintu, sinamandla okuba nolaka, hhayi okungajabuli futhi okugcwele emhlabeni jikelele ohambweni lwethu lobuKatolika. I-Intanethi, njengama Katolika, igcwele emhlabeni jikelele. UNkulunkulu futhi udale lokhu, futhi kuhle uma siyisebenzisa ngokunenzuzo futhi sivumele umyalezo kaNkulunkulu ukhanye kuyo.