If you’ve spent any time on social media as a Christian, you already know how this goes. Share your faith, quote Scripture, stand for something God calls right — and within minutes someone is laughing at you, twisting your words, or calling you a fool.
It stings. And it’s okay to admit that.
But here’s what you need to know: none of this is new, none of it is accidental, and none of it means you’re losing.
Mockery Has Always Been Part of This
Matthew Henry wrote about this centuries ago — and the world he described sounds a lot like your timeline right now:
“We need not be discouraged if our zeal for the truths, precepts, and worship of God, should provoke some, and cause others to mock our godly sorrow and deadness to the world.” — Matthew Henry
When your faith is real enough to provoke a reaction, that’s not a sign something is wrong. It’s a sign something is right. Lukewarm faith doesn’t bother anyone. It’s the genuine article that draws fire.
So when the mockery comes — and it will — don’t read it as defeat. Read it as confirmation.
What God Says About the People Doing the Mocking
There’s a category of person that shows up constantly in online spaces — someone who quotes God when it’s useful, wraps themselves in religious language for political cover, but lives and speaks in a way that contradicts everything they claim to believe.
God addressed them directly. And he wasn’t gentle about it.
Psalm 50:16–19, 21–22
But God says to the wicked: “Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant? For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash. When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers. Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies.” And you thought I was silent while you did all these things? I will rebuke you to your face! Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart and no one will help you.
This is not a God who is confused about what’s happening. He sees the fake religiosity. He sees the people using his name as a prop. He sees every twisted word and bad-faith argument.
You don’t have to defend God from these people. He’s already got that covered.
What Your Job Actually Is
Your job isn’t to win the argument. It’s to hold the line.
When you stay calm, stay truthful, and stay standing — even while being mocked — you demonstrate something that no clever comeback ever could. You show that God’s work in you is real. That it holds up under pressure. That it doesn’t crumble just because someone on the internet is laughing.
And here’s something worth remembering: you’re not doing this alone. Every Christian who refuses to back down is adding to something larger than themselves. There’s strength in that — real strength. The people coming against you may be loud, but they are not winning. They just want you to think they are.
Have the Courage to Be Called a Fool
Justice Antonin Scalia — one of the sharpest legal minds in American history — said this openly and without apology:
“Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.” — Antonin Scalia
That’s not weakness. That’s one of the most defiant things a person can say in a room full of people who consider themselves smarter than everyone else.
The world has always had a category for people who take God seriously. They call them fools. Paul knew it. Matthew Henry knew it. Scalia knew it. And now you know it too.
Wear it.
1 Corinthians 1:27
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
You’re on the Right Side of This
Opposition will come. It’s supposed to. But standing firm — staying true, not cowering, not softening your convictions just to stop the ridicule — is itself a testimony. It proves the reality of God’s work in your life in a way that comfortable, unchallenged faith never could.
So don’t be discouraged. Don’t go quiet. Don’t let the noise convince you that you’re on the losing side.
You’re not.
Philippians 1:27–28
Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News. Don’t be intimidated in any way by your enemies. This will be a sign to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you are going to be saved, even by God himself.