The ministry Rethinking Hell is hosting an academic conference this summer on debating the nature of hell at Pastor Wade Burleson's church in Oklahoma. They were buying Facebook ads to promote the conference.
The ministry's Facebook advertising account got shut down, and they appealed it. The reviewers told them that Facebook has community standards and (I'm paraphrasing) that the account does not act in the best interest of its users or keeping it safe, and that the decision was final; no appeal possible. I don't know if it's the word "hell" that set it off, or the fire and brimstone image in one of the ads. However, distasteful as people might find it, hell is a part of the dominant religion in the United States (even if this conference promotes a minority view of it).
This is the way things are going for Christians on Silicon Valley. Be prepared.
The ministry's Facebook advertising account got shut down, and they appealed it. The reviewers told them that Facebook has community standards and (I'm paraphrasing) that the account does not act in the best interest of its users or keeping it safe, and that the decision was final; no appeal possible. I don't know if it's the word "hell" that set it off, or the fire and brimstone image in one of the ads. However, distasteful as people might find it, hell is a part of the dominant religion in the United States (even if this conference promotes a minority view of it).
This is the way things are going for Christians on Silicon Valley. Be prepared.
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