Comment Spirituality on the Net (Score 1) 72
I suppose wherever people choose to seek their own personal spirituality is really their business. If someone reaches some state of enlightenment while web surfing, well, hooray for them.
It seems to me that people always grab onto the latest technical innovention with an almost surprising avarice. It surprises me how people, by and large resistant to change in their fear of the new and unknown, grab hold of an idea or a product and herald it as having some kind of earth shattering impact on humanity. The TV didn't turn out to be that cool. Really. In the internet, we have something that is mysterious to the average person. They don't know how it works, why it works, but it does work. It's unlike anything they've ever seen, and fear of it and fascination with it combine in a compelling need for people to 'get connected'. (Hey man, everybody's doing it.)
I'm always so terribly disappointed when people capitalize on the spiritual seeking of the masses. Most people are so confused anyway that they're perfectly willing to throw away $25 in hopes of finding some new, easier, faster way to the spiritual fulfillment they're seeking. What better way to promise instant gratification than by pushing spirituality in a medium where pointing and clicking gives you results?
Really, it's a sad commentary on our society that inward-seeking, or searching for God, or whatever has become such a big seller.
Just one last question... If I'm wrong and they're right, do you suppose God prefers Linux or Windows?
It seems to me that people always grab onto the latest technical innovention with an almost surprising avarice. It surprises me how people, by and large resistant to change in their fear of the new and unknown, grab hold of an idea or a product and herald it as having some kind of earth shattering impact on humanity. The TV didn't turn out to be that cool. Really. In the internet, we have something that is mysterious to the average person. They don't know how it works, why it works, but it does work. It's unlike anything they've ever seen, and fear of it and fascination with it combine in a compelling need for people to 'get connected'. (Hey man, everybody's doing it.)
I'm always so terribly disappointed when people capitalize on the spiritual seeking of the masses. Most people are so confused anyway that they're perfectly willing to throw away $25 in hopes of finding some new, easier, faster way to the spiritual fulfillment they're seeking. What better way to promise instant gratification than by pushing spirituality in a medium where pointing and clicking gives you results?
Really, it's a sad commentary on our society that inward-seeking, or searching for God, or whatever has become such a big seller.
Just one last question... If I'm wrong and they're right, do you suppose God prefers Linux or Windows?
