The madness of WhatsApp or Facebook profile picture by Rev Fr Paul Ikechukwu Ogujioffor Wednesday 23/09/2015

Where do we learn things proper to probity of life? Who is your model regarding learning the basic things in life? What is the meaning of profile picture? Does it matter whom you put in your profile picture? What is the person to you? Do you really know what it means to say what this person really meant to you? For how long will he/she be that to you? Are you not deceiving yourself? Is he/she not deceiving you by hailing and flattering you when he/she is seeing his/her picture in your profile instead of yours? Stop and think about what you are doing right now. Some will say this is my love, my brother/sister who I love most, by implication the rest of your siblings are not worthy to take such position. What type of relationship are you creating when they see such comment? You may say, ‘I don’t care, they can think otherwise’. Tomorrow, you will expect them to see you as a sister/brother either.

What you are doing now, is it proper or just because you see others do such and then you decided to be among the band of wagons, moving on with senseless practices? Let us not be crazy over something that is not morally or spiritually okay. This may always bring about social criticisms, insults and assaults between the person asking a question or commenting and yourself too. It is better always to put your complete family picture if necessary at all. What happen to the excellent pictures of yours, since the profile is personal to you? If you are legally married/wedded why not put your wedding picture where both of you are?

In social network or media, we ought not to advertise our ignorance and stupidity. Please I stand to be corrected because I can’t claim to know all, for I am not scit omnia [a know all person]. Please feel free to advise me so that others will learn from your wisdom too. If someone is just a boyfriend/girlfriend, why must you and what moral rectitude do you have to advertise him/her in your profile picture? Tomorrow, do not cry to tell the world in this social media that this same person is a cheat, when something goes wrong between both of you. It is not by putting someone’s picture in your profile that you show to the world, you love the person.