How a Social Credit Scoring System Would Undermine Biblical Morality and Bring Severe Persecution Against Christians
What if your every action, every word, and even your thoughts were subject to constant scrutiny and judgment? What if a centralized authority determined your worth based on a score, dictating your access to basic rights and freedoms?
This is not dystopian fiction—this is the reality unfolding in China with its social credit scoring system.
Under the guise of promoting trust and integrity, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has weaponized this system to exert unprecedented control over its citizens, forcing compliance through a matrix of rewards and punishments.
China's social credit system is a tool of oppression, designed to manipulate and control. Citizens are rated on their behavior, financial credit, social interactions, and even online activities. Those who comply with the state's standards are rewarded with privileges, while dissenters face severe penalties such as travel bans, job restrictions, and public shaming.
This system is being imposed on the population with little to no regard for personal privacy or freedom, serving as a mechanism for the Communist regime to maintain its iron grip on the people.
The CCP's endgame is clear: absolute control over every aspect of life.
In many ways, the social credit system mirrors the algorithms used by social media giants like Facebook and Twitter/X. These platforms employ complex algorithms to determine the visibility and reach of content based on user engagement—likes, shares, and comments. This creates a digital echo chamber where only "acceptable" opinions are amplified, and dissenting voices are marginalized or silenced.
This has the effect of silencing dissenting opinions on social media. On Twitter, a Christian who holds to a biblical sexual ethic can’t simply express the objective truth that men can’t be women or vice versa—such behavior could land one in social media prison.
Suspended. Banned. Silenced.
Just as China's social credit system dictates social acceptability and worth, social media algorithms determine who gets heard and who doesn't.
The dangers of such systems extend far beyond their immediate impacts. By prioritizing popular opinion over objective truth, such systems undermine biblical morality and the concept of absolute truth as revealed by God altogether.