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firefly-fez · 2 years ago

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I remember once reading an analyis of Jesus’ ‘turn the other cheeck’ command on tumblr, providing lots of information about the historial context of Roman society and how actually, every example Jesus mentioned was a way of subverting cruel or unjust authority, not tolerating it as most people assume.

Being a tumblr post, I was like, ‘that’s an interesting perspective, but I generally distrust social media as a source of information and I will not incorporate it into my personal belief or understanding of theology.’

...Then I saw a sermon at my church where the pastor speaking - who is very well-versed in biblicak knowlege and hostorical context of the bible - made the exact same case in his exegesis of that very passage.

We joke about tumblr being a ‘net zero information’ site given how unreliable the unreliablility of information is here, but I think the various pieces of information I learn on here generally hold up to be true. Even if they were shared through the supernatural meme.

Sorry, Elon, but I think tumblr’s got you beat.

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#theres a deeper commentary here on what sources of information we are willing to trust #it was fundamentally the exact same argument and evidence laid out in both cases #so why did I believe it in a church and not online?#of course there is a measure of safety in listening to experts and a social media platform where there is no prerequisite #for having an informed; defendable; or otherwise evidence-based opinion #but honestly i have learnt so many things on tumblr; particularly around neurodiversity and mental health #that i never learned from 'experts'#precisely BECAUSE this is not a space where there is a prerequisite for expertise #if we're being honest with ourselves experitise does not come without money and prestige #therefore any source of knowledge or information purposefully accessible in the absence of those two things #is less likely to be trusted #i have learnt more about neurodivergence from tumblr (and youtube; thanks how to adhd and hank green for getting me onto her)#because here i am listening to lived and personal experience #which is something that prestige-based education and prestige-based healthcare alike #both miss #i am thinking of this from a science and healthcare perspective of course that is the direction i am headed with my life #and science has this perception in our post-religion world of being objective and irrefutable fact #but with a close analytical eye there are SO MANY biases in science #just because everything sciene contains is true doesn't actually mean it contains all truth #in our quest for reliable information sources we look to expertise as a solution #but i think if we start to believe that who we listen to; rather than the way we listen #is the solution to misinformation #than your 'objective' information is filtered through your subjective opionion of who is worth listening to #and you know what? if we're being honest?#in defense of social media as an information source #particularly in regard to neurodivergence and adhd #the real reason the kids are going to tiktok and being exposed to misinformation on adhd?#you wanna know why they go to tiktok or other social media for healthcare advise before; or in lieu of; an expert?#BECAUSE SOCIAL MEDIA IS ACCESSIBLE AND THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ISN'T #i have more to say on this subject but i ran out of tags :(

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