Posted on 07/17/2019 7:18:57 PM PDT by marshmallow
CALIFORNIA, July 15, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) ― A decision by Facebook to ban a peace-loving quote by St. Augustine of Hippo, a Catholic theologian and philosopher from the 5th century, has one Catholic writer scratching his head.
Noticing that two priest-friends had been censored by the social media giant for posting the saint’s pastoral advice, Massachusetts pro-lifer Dominic Bettinelli published the same words to his Facebook wall on Friday. Then he, too, got a warning that the post went against Facebook’s “Community Standards on hate speech.”
The quote Facebook deemed so offensive is as follows:
Let us never assume that if we live good lives we will be without sin; our lives should be praised only when we continue to beg for pardon. But men are hopeless creatures, and the less they concentrate on their own sins, the more interested they become in the sins of others. They seek to criticize, not to correct. Unable to excuse themselves, they are ready to accuse others.
The quote, Bettinelli explained in a spirited post on the “hate speech” accusation, is from a homily of the saint included in the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office.
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Fakebook is operated by Satanists.
Social media is an instrument of Satan. Just look at all the evil it promotes in the world.
I have never read this quote before but it is great and I could read it 10,000 times and the word HATE would never come to me.
I posted it six hours ago. Still up. Still getting likes vcv and comments from my friends.
They seek to ban wisdom.
Is it time to announce a “Get Banned on Facebook Day” everyone can go out with a bang
Do people still use Facebook?
Just posted the quote. We’ll see what happens.
So are cell phones, text messaging, and online bill pay with all those damned passwords. Also, car loans and mortgages created just for illegals.
“I destroyed myself but He who made me remade me.”
Saint Augustine of Hippo, a Roman African (Isn’t that “racist” to ban him?)
I think FB has different monitors and some are more idiotic than others.
I deleted my FB account when TRUMP Was elected.
I encourage everyone to do the same.
Another quote from St. Augustine: Dost thou hold wisdom to be anything other than truth, wherein we behold and embrace the supreme good?
–St. Augustine
We should pepper FB with them.
At this point, I would consider it an honor to be banned by Fakebook! The only reason I haven’t closed my own account is that I’ve been told it is of no use to restoring my privacy. I wish I had never opened an account.
I dumped Facebook years ago and haven’t missed it for one second!
I bet you that facebook...google...and all media folks are afraid of offending jihadi’s and getting murdered. Would not surprise me at all. No other way to explain the reluctance to speak the truth.
When does Jesus become hate speech?
“Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”
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