Opus 2024-322: Click Bait: Skeptics Needed

Your personal You Tube algorithm does not show you the same things that it shows me, but one of the headlines I’ve seen several times regards revival in Iran.  One of them even had a picture of an empty mosque, and I had a headline that talked about millions of Iranians coming to Christ.

Something to chat about?  The beginning of world wide revival?  Just another bit of Clickbait?

The problem is, we will not know for years because of the difficulty of knowing the truth.  Sadly, that seems to apply even to those who are on the side of angel’s.  They like to see what they want to see, to exaggerate and distorted to fulfill their fantasies.  Are millions of Iranians coming to Christ?  It is certainly possible.  Such revivals have happened in the past.  Such revivals will probably happen again.  The problem is the people telling about it are often more concerned about getting followers to their channel then they are conveying the glory of God.

Call me a cynic.  In reality, again I remind you, I am not a cynic but a skeptic.  I believe things like this are possible but I don’t believe that the people trying to get me to follow them are necessarily being totally honest.  

I will wait.  I will listen.  Other than praying for my brothers and sisters in Christ who live in places like Iran there is a little I can do.  What I can do is make sure that I don’t send a check to people who are simply living off the gullibility of the decent people of the world.  There are too many needs that I really know about being genuine for me to waste my resources that way.

I will not make a habit of listening to what they have to say.  I might make an occasional exception but when I do I rarely finish.  I have books lining my shelves that need to be addressed.  I have serious podcasts that need to be listened to.  I have posts to write and people to call on the phone.  I don’t have time to spend listening to people talk around the barn and then never come close to the door.

I will be glad to add them to my bucket list but it is a big bucket and a long way to the bottom.

homo unius libri