SHILL WARNING: Have You Ever Noticed...
Whenever a controversial topic is posted,
certain individuals will post inflammatory/derogatory comments regarding the intelligence (or lack thereof) of the OP or other posters. They will also voice their opinions endlessly, opinions that often have little to no merit.
What is the effect? The real information is
bumped further down the list and buried in a huge mess of arguments and debate.
Interacting or defending yourself from people (or shills) who ridicule you just furthers their cause/mission which is to DISTRACT YOU (AND OTHERS) FROM THE TRUTH.
This is the modus operandi of shills.
(Shill: 1. an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others. 2. A person engaged in covert advertising. The shill attempts to spread buzz by personally endorsing the product in public forums with the pretense of sincerity, when in fact he is being paid for his services.)
As Christians, I do not believe we should gossip or take part in argumentative conversation...and we certainly should not resort to petty name calling and labeling others unjustly. CC has private messaging capability, there is no reason to argue in an informational thread.
Matthew 18:15 "If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
How is it that so many '
Christians' do this? I'll refer you to my signature...Christian Is As Christian Does.
If you want the informational posts to be seen, then don't add to the distraction. Post informative evidences. Some of the posters here at CC are doing a great job in bringing the light of truth to various topics and I applaud their efforts. I've learned many things from various individuals here at CC, and I've also had my posts flamed and been reduced to tears, sometimes to the point of leaving and giving up trying. This is what
they want...to discredit and demoralize (read silence) people.
This network is on the front-lines of the spiritual battle that is raging throughout the world we live in.
The Powers That Be know that CC is a great place to promote disinformation and corrupt the next generation of Christians. They are going to do everything in their power to distract and cloud the truth, and in so doing, corrupt and drive away countless of our brothers and sisters in Christ. I have left several times to regain my own sanity, and I've also had dear friends
give up and leave permanently.
Another aspect I've noticed here and in other forums is the
good cop/bad cop routine. Two shills will argue with each other. One will play the
good cop, the other will play the
bad cop. The
good cop will post popular and widely accepted informational truths, and here and there the
good cop will debate and argue in someone else's thread...in essence distracting and
bumping the real information into a pile of argumentative drivel. The
good cop may have a high reputation score and may post or comment on many Spiritual/Biblical topics, however, I'll refer you to...
Matthew 7:16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
This is called CONTROLLED OPPOSITION. If you want to control truthers, start a truth movement. If you want to control patriots, start a
Tea Party movement.
Another way to spot shills very easily is to look at the DATE JOINED, and the NUMBER OF POSTS. Do a little arithmetic and divide the number of posts by the number of days they are members. You'll find that some posters are extremely prolific yet they present very little real evidence, but instead post endless speculations, distracting, ridiculing, etc.
It's very easy to spot shills once you know what to look for. I advise everyone here, if you care about the truth seeing the light of day, do not interact with shills. You're just helping them do their job. Recognize them for what they are and pray for them because they are in the same
world-of-hurt that we are, the only difference between truthers and shills is that they don't know it yet. The establishment takes no prisoners.
The Powers That Be will chew them up and spit them out just as quickly as they would us. Shills are not, nor will they ever be
Black Nobility, and as much as they try to earn
brownie points and work themselves up the ladder of
success, it will never be. They will have to watch their children dying of cancers/diseases/wars the same as the rest of us. (Shills Take Note)
John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
I recently posted this video in my
Red Cry thread, I'll post it again here...I believe the topic of forgiveness needs to be embraced by all who would
walk the walk.
[video=youtube;DnBWEBt7nk0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnBWEBt7nk0[/video]
Apologies to the OP for posting off-topic information, but I'm seeing a
certain recurring pattern developing in this thread.
Peace.