Facebook

So many of you know that I vent and grieve and get support from family and friends on Facebook. It really is therapy for me. I am able to get my feelings out and I can see what is going on with other people. Helping me to get my mind off of things. Without service in the room, I don't talk or text much so I turn to friends on facebook. It is the easiest way to get information out to people too. So this is the story. An old "friend" from high school was new to facebook. He posted things about religion, particularly Mormons. I am fine with others having different beliefs, that is great. I just can't stand when people are negative and try to tear down others beliefs. He was posting videos, etc about how Mormons are wrong. So I got and and told about being positive, not negative. State your points or opinions without tearing others down. I got into it a lil bit about JD. How my faith and religion has helped me through these trials. Josh talked on another post from him where he stated, "Faith is a cop-out." Josh said in so many words, "Don't tell me faith is a cop-out! I am sitting here looking at my son laying in the hospital bed....Faith is the only thing keeping us together." Basically, we couldn't handle this without our faith. Then I got on and posted my opinion and how much we have been through. Then he sends me a video about being wrong. The "W" word. OK? I go to bed exhausted I was so mentally and spiritually exhausted that I felt like I had just worked out all day. And the next morning I see that he sent us a message. This is what it said. "Again, totally understand you are hurting right now. Really I do. I get reminded about it 6 times a day about blog updates and your comments on other peoples walls and your own walls...Just don't get why you would want to argue with an athiest at this time in your life??? Its like your setting yourself up to be hurt even more. Why would you even spend all this time on facebook talking about it every second you can? (seems like your beggin for more and more sympathy) Maybe you need it...i dunno... but maybe keep your whiny, I only have faith and hope anymore plea crys to your own page. People are starting to loose respect for you guys as you keep hyjacking other peoples pages, posts and threads to talk about your own problems. Guess what! Every has some type of garbage going on in their lives. Most people dont feel like they have to publish it on 3 different public forums though. Just being honest---" I was shocked to say the least. I could not believe the gall of this guy. Our high school friend sure had changed! I posted his comment, my reply and people were so mad. They went to his page and yelled at him and he had already blocked me, so I could not see his wall anymore. He blocked everyone that supported us on his wall too. Well, come to find out, somebody took his family picture from a blog or wife's facebook account and made up his own account under this guys name so he could get out all his anti-Mormon media he could. He changed the picture and his middle initial. I am sure he did this so he can't get shut down. He got reported, but since he changed the info, it probably won't change. People were ready to go and beat this guy up! I can't believe that others can and will do this. They must not realize how much impact it can have on so many people. Wow, that was a little craziness that took my mind off of JD's situation for a little bit. But it also made me stronger. It strengthened my faith. It made me realize there are more people out there concerned about JD and our family than I ever knew. For some reason, it made me feel closer to Josh too. So I got some good things out of it at least. It just goes to show, you don't always know who you are actually talking to!