Feel their faith in 15 seconds: meet the Christians conquering TikTok
Christian influencers are using every social media platform imaginable to spread the word, including TikTok. That’s giving them access to a very young, impressionable set of users.
“It’s problematic to give children 15 seconds of someone who is their age talking about how Jesus is love, and glossing over other things like theology or what the religion teaches,” Nick Fish, president of American Atheists, said.
“There’s this squishy, New Age-y perception of religion that says, ‘God is love and that’s all that matters,’” Fish added, describing the primary theme of most TikTok preachers. “It’s not theologically consistent with anything, but people don’t care because it feels great and gives them solace.