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Breakpoint

The “Good Ol Days” of Social Media? Why We Should Still Have Reasons for the Hope Within Us

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, Culture, Christianity, Currentevents, Worldview, News

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

A Facebook whistleblower makes a strange claim about social media. And the role of the intellect in forming a Christian worldview.

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Breakpoint this week, where we're talking about the top stories of the week from a Christian perspective.

0:07.3

Today we're going to talk about Facebook.

0:09.4

There's a new explosive book from a whistleblower with some allegations about how the company is run.

0:15.4

But we're going to talk about whether social media ever really had glory days.

0:19.5

We're also going to talk about the concept of worldview.

0:22.3

Is that helpful? What do we mean when we say worldview? And do Christians have an obligation to

0:27.6

indulge in the life of the mind? We have a lot to get to today. We're so glad you're with us.

0:32.6

Please stick around. Welcome to Breakpoint this week. From the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm Maria Bear, alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center.

0:43.2

John, are you on Facebook?

0:45.1

Yeah, not really publicly.

0:47.2

I post things every once in a while.

0:49.7

I'm not very frequent as I used to be.

0:51.5

Are you on next door?

0:53.2

Oh, I am, but that's just like watching a traffic accident.

0:56.5

It's just watching a disaster.

0:57.6

It's like what, you know, I'm on next door to listen to the same lady, tell us not to feed

1:03.2

the baby foxes, which happens kind of every other week.

1:07.4

Then all the posts about the really bad teenage drivers that are endangering everyone's life.

1:12.4

Sure.

1:13.3

I live a couple houses down from a library, and a few nights ago, someone drove their car

1:17.7

into the library.

1:19.9

And so that was one time I was thankful for next door because the pictures were all over.

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