God and Technology
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In this day of mind blowing technology, many people worry that we are straying from the word of God. I would argue that technology brings us closer to god not further away.

This works on many different levels. The simplest being that with more affluence we have more leisure time on our hands, we have more time to think about god. As scientific discoveries help to raise the general level of the standard of living, it makes us more able to use our powers for god's work. We now have more time to devote any way we se fit.

As we use the methods of science to better understand the universe, we dispel misconceptions, superstitions and misplaced beliefs about how the universe works. We begin to see a truer version of the universe God created. As the level of abstraction in our understanding of the world increases, systems that once seemed to be chaotic or random no longer seem so.

Technology also allows us to collaborate more effectively and over greater distances, bringing people of disparate religions together. It makes the world smaller and dispels misconceptions about people of other religions and culture.

As well, with the diffusion of information and education, people's consciousness has been raised to a point where they can make a much informed decision about their faith. Instead of having to listen to only a few channels of information, like the village preacher or town elders, people now have multiple sources of information based on modern media (TV, radio, newspapers and the Internet).

So does technology really bring us farther from the good Lord? Or does it really help us to see God's universe, and the other people in it, as he truly made it? We no longer have any excuse for not being aware of what is truly going on around us. The forbidden fruit of knowledge is getting stronger and tastier all the time...