Surprise: In Tiktok religious contents or faith questions are in continuous expansion among the more than 1.9 billion users of the Chinese origin application. Questions like: Are you doing heaven or hell? Other unusual reflections on the Gospel or the Holy Scriptures are awakening the curiosity of the masses. What does all this mean? That far from being a virtual place a thousand miles from faith, it is being revealed as a potential tool. The Economist has explored, in fact, how much spirituality is present on the platform discovering that the videos contained times. Naturally the videos in question are the most varied, sometimes even strange, they look Catholics who spray with blessed water the most diverse, evangelical things that preach, mormons that cite the Bible shining it in pills, Muslims that observe ritual prayers. In summary, there is a bit of everything, but it is evident that it is a signal for those who see on social networks a tool to spread the word, a bit like television in the fifties with the beginning of programs dedicated to topics Sacred or, especially in the US, offering even a formidable pulpit to entire generations of telepredters. Naturally, this optimism is not always shared by many sociologists, some of whom point out that in social networks and on the platforms the deepening of the matter or, even worse, it is attended by an improbable Macedonia of concepts and truths that end only by Create confusion, mining even more people’s certainties. During the Covid, for example, since all the churches were closed, social networks served people forced to stay at home to attend live masses, participate in Rosarios, be part of zoom groups linked to meditation initiatives. Naturally, the phenomenon later had heavy side effects, once the health emergency was over, participation in the presence of functions fell. The custom of attending Mass on TV or on the platforms induced many practicing believers not to go back. Tiktok in this varied panorama seems to play a more than interesting role. The Economist affirms that faith is changing “conversions between young people who are not always attracted to consolidated religious figures” and that “Faithtokers” are entrusted that often come to advertise products compatible with religious habits and sacred Scriptures. Then there are other interventions in which immediate slogans emerge, God type is very cool, or, in case of doubt, adore it, capable of making a dent in the Z generation, the one that is mostly present on the platform. And this is what would make the boys are increasingly attracted to online ministries, than by structured relationships. The horizon however is that of a tailored faith.
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