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What impacts do you think access to the internet is having on the spiritual / religious / philosophical / moral / ideological dimensions of the human condition?
@fmf saidI don’t have any research on this as I’ve not looked it up, but I’m sure there is more informed opinion out there than mine which is that I feel that the net overall effect of the internet on society is probably negative.
What impacts do you think access to the internet is having on the spiritual / religious / philosophical / moral / ideological dimensions of the human condition?
@fmf saidI'm really glad we have it for the COVID lockdown.
What impacts do you think access to the internet is having on the spiritual / religious / philosophical / moral / ideological dimensions of the human condition?
@fmf saidI think the internet gives minorities in any of those dimensions a feeling
What impacts do you think access to the internet is having on the spiritual / religious / philosophical / moral / ideological dimensions of the human condition?
@fmf saidI don't think the internet changes 'what we are' in any of the specified dimensions, we bring ourselves and our essence to technology in the same way as we do everything else. The internet is essentially a tool, hugely beneficial in terms of easy access to information and communication, the latter of which, as Mr divegeester has so succinctly put it, has both negative and positive aspects; by communicating we are probably brought together and driven apart in approximately equal degrees.
What impacts do you think access to the internet is having on the spiritual / religious / philosophical / moral / ideological dimensions of the human condition?
@fmf saidThe world has advanced exponentially in all areas of human activity in the last 20 years. More information, faster access to data and efficient communication ... all great things. The downside of the internet is mostly petty and nonsensical. These passages in the bible show that no miracle is needed when the time comes:
What impacts do you think access to the internet is having on the spiritual / religious / philosophical / moral / ideological dimensions of the human condition?
@rajk999 saidWell, leaving aside your completely irrelevant biblical references, and since you seem to want to put the Beirut explosion into some kind of weird religious context, your god seems to have guided a couple of hundred people to their deaths, and guided a few thousand more to be horribly injured, whilst destroying a couple of hospitals just to make the situation even more desperate. Then he guided a few hundred thousand out of their homes which have become uninhabitable. So all in all it was a good bit of guiding, and thanks to the internet we can, as you say, watch his guiding from several different angles, just to make sure everything's going in the right direction.
The world has advanced exponentially in all areas of human activity in the last 20 years. More information, faster access to data and efficient communication ... all great things. The downside of the internet is mostly petty and nonsensical. These passages in the bible show that no miracle is needed when the time comes:
[i]Behold, he cometh with clouds; and [b]every eye s ...[text shortened]... going in the right direction contrary to what some Christians preach that Satan is ruling the world.
@indonesia-phil saidYour impression of what God is or does is childish.
Well, leaving aside your completely irrelevant biblical references, and since you seem to want to put the Beirut explosion into some kind of weird religious context, your god seems to have guided a couple of hundred people to their deaths, and guided a few thousand more to be horribly injured, whilst destroying a couple of hospitals just to make the situation even mor ...[text shortened]... guiding from several different angles, just to make sure everything's going in the right direction.
@rajk999 saidAccording to you, your god is 'guiding the affairs of men', where do you see your gods' guiding hand in the Beirut explosion, and how do you see the explosion as an example of your claim that things are going in the right direction?
Your impression of what God is or does is childish.
God is not anyones personal genie.
@indonesia-phil saidThe Beirut explosion is the end result of a series of bad decisions and sheer carelessness. People died as a result. What does that have to do with God guiding the affairs of men.
According to you, your god is 'guiding the affairs of men', where do you see your gods' guiding hand in the Beirut explosion, and how do you see the explosion as an example of your claim that things are going in the right direction?
@rajk999 saidAs far as I'm concerned it has nothing whatsoever to do with your god guiding the affairs of men (what about women, by the way, do they guide themselves?), since as far as I'm concerned your god doesn't exist, it's you who is so confidently making the claim, not I.
The Beirut explosion is the end result of a series of bad decisions and sheer carelessness. People died as a result. What does that have to do with God guiding the affairs of men.
@indonesia-phil saidNonsense. A parent can guide the affairs of a child and still allow the child to experience, or pay for or suffer for, the consequences of their bad decisions.
As far as I'm concerned it has nothing whatsoever to do with your god guiding the affairs of men (what about women, by the way, do they guide themselves?), since as far as I'm concerned your god doesn't exist, it's you who is so confidently making the claim, not I.
So let's think it through: You claim that your god is guiding the affairs of men. The Beirut explosio ...[text shortened]... r he isn't, in other words he either caused the explosion or he didn't, you can't have it both ways.
@fmf saidFox News says that Google is unfair and deletes stuff from people they don't like...!
What impacts do you think access to the internet is having on the spiritual / religious / philosophical / moral / ideological dimensions of the human condition?
@rajk999 saidSo, as I have asked before, in what way do you think your god was guiding the affairs of men prior to the explosion?
Nonsense. A parent can guide the affairs of a child and still allow the child to experience, or pay for or suffer for, the consequences of their bad decisions.
Like I said, your impression of what God is about is misguided.
@indonesia-phil saidThe affairs of men have been predicted from the time of Christ to the time of His return. Some egs
So, as I have asked before, in what way do you think your god was guiding the affairs of men prior to the explosion?