Thread by @thisisfoster

Megathread...

Would you run for your life or just stand on the beach as a gigantic tsunami rushed towards you?

You’d run, right? Don’t be so sure.

During the Boxing Day Tsunami, many vacationers just stood on the beach and watched as the ocean receded into a monstrous wave...

The locals knew better. They ran as hard as they could. But some of the foreigners stood on the beach, stared in amazement, and were engulf in a deadly mass of water.

Why didn’t they run? Why did they just stand there like a bunch of idiots?

Because tsunamis weren’t a normal part of life in their country. They knew that tsunamis existed and that they happened in this part of the world. They, however, had never seen one. So they underestimated its danger and were slow to take actions.

This has a name: normalcy bias.

“A normalcy bias is a psychological state of denial people enter in the event of a disaster, as a result of which they underestimate the possibility of the disaster actually happening, and its effects on their life and property..."

"...Their denial is based on the assumption that if the disaster has not occurred until now, it will never occur.”

Huge portions of the American church are underestimating and therefore under-reacting to the disaster that is racing our way.

What disaster do I speak of?

The aggressively de-platforming of conservatives from social media, servers, & payment services. This de-platforming is already starting to spill over into the “real world” in that hiring blacklists are being created by major media groups. If you’re on that list...

...these groups will boycott your company until you are fired. They don’t just want to silence you. They want beat you into submission.

Now do you really think this will stop just with political conservatives?

If you do, you’re a fool.

They're trying to silence & break anyone who undermines their worldview. The Christian view of sexuality, ethics, government, and worship etc are all at odds with the stated views of the de-platformers.

We are a threat because words are powerful, particularly the Word of God.

They'll try to silence the preached Word. It’s inevitable.
Many churches have already canceled or restricted in-person worship. This was a wicked compromise. That'll become all the more obvious when they start to censor your streamed services for “hate speech” (e.g. Rom 1:18-32).

And it won’t stop there.

Your sermons will be removed from podcasts directories. The payment services will stop processing your tithes and offerings. They will get your leases canceled on the grounds you are a health and safety risk to the community.

Are you awake, Christian?

Do you see that not only has the ocean receded but it’s rushing back inland?

Sadly, many pastors are standing on the beach telling their congregations its okay as we so-called “alarmists” scramble for higher ground.

They do this for two reasons...

1st, because of the before mentioned normalcy bias. 2nd, because they are cowards & they intend to toe the line set for them by the de-platformers.

Will you be washed away in an ocean of worldly compromise or will you jump into action?