Is this just me or when you come across Christian shorts on tik tok or YouTube do you feel obligated to watch them. I feel like if I don't watch them then I am sinning. But most of these videos are just repeating the same thing. Idk if this is just me but I just feel like I have to watch them because it's would be worse to not watch them than to break a commandment.
The Bible does not say, "you must watch every christian tiktok." You're okay to skip them.
@WarriorForChrist To be honest a lot those TikTok’s have bad unhealthy toxic habits/ ideals that god did not say to do and are false information and goes completely against what the bible says some times.
I have also do that , in reality god does not care if you watch those or not , he cares if grow what the Bible calls fruits of the spirit and showing others to him. This sounds more like a ocd Compulsion, religious OCD, in this case fear of offending God as the obsession. It is ok to watch Christian short but don’t watch them out of fear of sinning. That is not a sin, your ocd making that up. Remember god wants you worship him in a way that makes you grow spiritually. For example you could try joining and church group or praying before bed very night. In the end everyone worships god differently and that is ok . Everyone’s Relationship with God is different, that’s part of what makes it special. Stay strong don’t let ocd affect your faith:)
you definitely do not have to watch them. i have been through a similar situation, and i feel like tiktoks like that specifically pray on people with ocd. your relationship with God is unique to you and him, and i’m sure God knows you well enough to know that you aren’t a sinner for skipping someone’s video, especially any that were made to garner likes,reposts, or is just blatant fear mongering. stay strong! you got this! this is not a sin, this is just you saying “NO” to a compulsion.
I posted a comment on a video on tiktok and got super super attacked by it and it’s making me feel like I deserve to go to hell because I typed it wrong. The context of the video is that basically this girl is saying she’s never met a genuinely non judgmental Christian and I said:”Every single time I mention not waiting for marriage with my boyfriend I’m suddenly scolded and shoved with all the benefits of waiting down my throat. It honestly drives me further away from Christ” and people were reading it my boyfriend was the one shoving the benefits down my throat when that isn’t the case at all. My boyfriend does not claim to be a Christian. He is discovering his beliefs as am I as a semi-Christian still figuring things out for myself. I meant this comment as other Christian’s scolding me for not knowing if I want to wait and it driving me further from Christ. But one of the comments said this: “these are non negotiables if you’re a follower of Christ. He’s standing firm in his convictions, if you’re unequally yoked in faith the relationship will not work. You know his convictions, you know his Faith, yet you’re pushing him into temptation and sin that’s clearly defined in scripture. That’s being disrespectful to him and his faith. If you’re not on the same page on such a crucial thing, it’s okay to not be with him.” And a couple more comment such as this. This was SUPER triggering for me. I eventually commented back saying that wasn’t how I meant the comment and should’ve worded it better, but now I feel like I have to be miserable with Christ and follow everything they said and break up with my boyfriend because this person said I’m like horrible for shoving it down his throat when that isn’t the case. What if I’m a horrible person and deserve eternal damnation and just don’t know it. What if I’m secretly like a demonic creature that is ruining everyone’s lives and just don’t know it? I’m so scared for my future and that everyone hates me now
Im not religious or anything I do believe in God I guess that would be Christianity but I don’t call myself a Christian due to me in life seeing a lot of Christians are such hypocrites and something regarding to this on TikTok has been very triggering for me I don’t know has anyone seen those people inducing fear by basically telling people that they will be going to hell if they don’t give their life to Jesus Christ because of the end times ? Like I don’t understand if our religion is about love and etc why are most Christians hateful and just bad… and what is the end times it seems like they say it’s the end times every year and how would you even know if it was the end times your not God like I think a lot of Christians think they know everything because who even gave you the right to start telling everyone the end times are coming … and like now I’ve been scared I’m go to hell so now my thoughts has me freaking out on me going to hell
With everything going on in the world, pacifically Gaza, I see a lot of videos asking to donate or interact however I am a minor so I try to at least interact. However, sometimes I do skip them which I feel bad for. I asked my mom and she said not to feel bad cause most are scams. My entire feed is just videos saying don’t skip, or little kids crying. It honestly makes me not wanna go on Instagram at all. However I do not know what the right thing is. I’m not (at least I don’t think you never know with OCD) trying to get reassurance I would just love someone’s input on this.
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