In Light of the Gospel

James Anderson, Professor of Philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, has a funny post about Twitter. He provides 19 different arguments against tweeting! Here is an example:

Virtue Ethics Argument

(1) One ought always to act in good faith.

(2) Therefore, if one Twitters, one ought always to Twitter in good faith.

(3) One can Twitter in good faith only if one believes one’s life to be so important as to merit the attention of others.

(4) It is narcissistic to believe one’s life to be so important as to merit the attention of others.

(5) Therefore, one can Twitter in good faith only if one is narcissistic.

(6) Narcissism is not a virtue.

(7) Therefore, one can Twitter only if one is unvirtuous.

(8) Therefore, one ought not to Twitter.

Here is his Pop Christianity Argument:

(1) Would Jesus Twitter? Probably not.

(2) Therefore, Twittering is wrong.

Read the rest of his arguments here. Thanks for the laugh James!