“People that don’t have opinions on anything other then what the rest of the world tells them to have don’t stand for anything - and that is scary.”
-Paul
Since the introduction of social media, society as a whole has been changing at an exponential pace - both for the good and bad of all those involved. Kids used to dream of being pop stars, actors, magicians, etc and these dreams have now been replaced with young people dreaming of being big YouTube/Twitch stars. There is nothing inherently wrong with this - technology changes careers, dreams, jobs, and society just by the very nature of how it changes our everyday workflows for both work and entertainment.
But what this has done is also change our society and how we think people should interact with one another. People who have differing opinions then the rest of society are easily told to shut-up and go away, and they are labeled as "controversial" and it is implied that since they have these "controversial" opinions they are unloving because they are not going along with the population's current popular opinion.
This concept that you have to go with the zeitgeist of the world at this time or else you are evil and unloving is a dangerous direction the world has started to go in. It is possible - and extremely doable - to hold opinions which the rest of the world says is wrong and still love everyone else around us. As Christians we (in this case we are talking for ourselves - Aaron, Josh, Paul) know the difficult tightrope at times which we must walk with sticking to our faith and at the same time loving and engaging in honest relationships with those that have differing thoughts as us. It is possible to do both - but at times it is not easy. We have to remember that in all things, grace is a must. We also have to remember that in all things our own will is not the thing that should be served above everything else - instead it should be that which we believe.
There is another part of this conversation as well regarding authenticity of people. I (Paul) inherently don't trust people that change their opinions whenever the rest of the world changes their opinions in order for them to remain "brand safe". People that don't have opinions on anything other then what the rest of the world tells them to have don't stand for anything - and that is scary.
Take a listen to this weeks episode (embedded above) and let us know your own thoughts on the subject.
