What does virtual rumor-mongering say about Christians?
Have you ever gotten one those emails calling President Obama some kind of cryptic Muslim? Or did you get the one claiming that former President George W. Bush interrupted a GOP fundraising dinner to proselytize?
This story asks an important question: "So, why are Christians so willing to believe unsubstantiated rumors? And more troubling, why are Christians, who should hold the highest standards of truth-telling, so eager to spread such rumors -- and even downright libels?"
And here's one of the answers:
"Some Christians are so willing to believe rumors that reflect well on their heroes and poorly on their opponents that they abandon even a modest concern for the veracity of the rumors. Yet the Bible clearly prohibits “bearing false witness” and spreading rumors and gossip. Perhaps Christians who spread such rumors think they serve a greater purpose, as if the end justifies the means, some ethicists speculate."
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