Would Jesus Have a Facebook Page?

A couple of months back, a CEO of a web-based solutions company told USA today that he did not believe that Jesus would have a Facebook page.

His reasoning was that he did not think Jesus would stop and take the time to enter an internet cafe and update his status. He would instead be with the people, talking to them face to face, and not wasting time on the internet with them.

I'm not sure I buy that. Of course, I'm totally biased because I love doing ministry over the Internet.

I think Jesus would have a hard time staying off Facebook. There are too many hurting people on there for him to ignore.

He would also probably break every rule of Facebook etiquette, because Jesus is like a honey badger when it comes to social norms: Jesus don't care.

Maybe he would put John or one of the other disciples in charge of his social media. Ooo probably James the younger. The kids love Facebook.

I can just see him following Jesus around saying, "Hey can I tweet that?"

Whether Jesus himself had a Facebook or a Twitter account, he'd be talked about on the web. #sermononthemount would have trended on twitter. One of the disciples would have snapped an Instagram pic of Jesus with the wounds on his hands and his side and posted it after the resurrection when he first appeared. It would have had one comment, from Thomas. "Shopped!!"

I don't know whether or not Jesus would have used Facebook. Since he never took the time to write anything on papyrus, maybe he wouldn't have had texting either. An iPhone would be pointless, because the Dead Sea is a dead zone.

But we have it today. And the question of whether or not Jesus would use it is less important than the question of how he would use it if he had it.