ok so back to ROC...Todd gave me these initials at the end of our chat and i was totally lost. he told me those were initials for something & for the life of me i couldnt figure it out! so then he slowly told me what each letter meant...Real Online Christians.
by this point of our conversation i was TOTALLY lost...i mean "Real Online Christians"...what's that mean?? then we began a mini-question & answer session; me asking a lot of the questions(it was a rough night for my brain!) i asked questions having to do w. what my basis would be. at first i thought he was edging towards how most people now adays don't know us personally but only by our online profiles. but i was on the wrong thinking pattern.
Todd then asked me the question: "do you think God wants us to be cyber...or his He kinda like old skool? you need to look into each other's eyes" he was referring to online chats, sermons, and full church services. in reply to his question & statement i made this statement: "so we're becoming disconnected while trying to connect w. God @ a convenient level?"
then it hit me...i could run far w. this, real far. then he told me that this was my generation, i agreed but then said that none of my generation reads my blog. i may be wrong but idk, i mean i dont get any feedback from any of my generation that acknowledge my blog even exists.
he agreed w. me and then said that they may not read my blog but they are indeed cyber. he noted some truths about my generation that are rather, well true. check this: Generation Y(1981-1994) are known as the "first digitals" or "echo boom." this is because we were born into the rise of the information age. we don't even "watch" the news to get the news we go online to Facebook or Myspace or even a blog to get the latest news/TRUTH. then theres Generation Z(1995-present) also known as the iGeneration because they are very young, active consumers and very connected being born into a world of digital technology. This is all very real considering that each generation is born into the most advanced technological periods in relation to their time.
here's the main point of all this explanation; you can't find the truth, the REAL truth, on facebook, myspace, blog or podcast. none of that can give you the information that you need to know or the direct contact that we, as humans, need. sure there are people in this world that would like to contradict EVERYTHING i just said because i know there are people that believe anything and everything that they read, see, or hear online is the truth and nothing but the truth.
on the other side of things, there are people that know the REAL truth and don't share it because they have an online personna. they are known online as being someone or something that they really aren't in everyday life. i admit that i say/do things online vs real life and they contradict each other but that's the whole reason i started a blog. to me, a blog is real life. whether its online or not, its kinda like laying it all out on the table.
there ya have it ppls...the blog ive been concealing for the last week or so. in closing i have 2 questions for you, my readers. Do we have to look someone in the eye to get the 'TRUTH'? my opinion: no, you just need to know the source. ive been transparent w. y'all tonight so would you be transparent w. me? does anyone else have two people behind one face?; one online and one in the real world? id like to know that im not alone here ppl! ;) hit me back
**thanks to Todd(chatting) & Wikipedia(generation info)
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