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Is the internet destroying religion?
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RE: Is the internet destroying religion?
August 11, 2014 at 8:11 pm
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2014 at 8:12 pm by Dystopia.)
(August 11, 2014 at 8:04 pm)Napoléon Wrote:(August 11, 2014 at 7:56 pm)Jenny A Wrote: No really. The internet is general provides very little really deep knowledge. For the record, I'm not even talking about the deep web, just the 'regular' internet that everyone accesses daily. In the deep web I'm sure we could find lots of extremist groups, religious ones and probably anti-theist ones.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
(August 11, 2014 at 8:04 pm)Napoléon Wrote:(August 11, 2014 at 7:56 pm)Jenny A Wrote: No really. The internet is general provides very little really deep knowledge. Or they go to the websites that have incorrect information.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
(August 11, 2014 at 8:11 pm)Blackout Wrote: For the record, I'm not even talking about the deep web, just the 'regular' internet that everyone accesses daily. In the deep web I'm sure we could find lots of extremist groups, religious ones and probably anti-theist ones. Because people access the library daily right? Comparing the internet to a library is a shitty thing to do. The internet isn't like a library. The everyday person doesn't browse the internet searching for deep knowledge, but it's there if they want to search for it. A library caters to a more selective need. The internet is so broad and encompasses so much more than a library. To make such a comparison is unfair. (August 11, 2014 at 8:12 pm)Polaris Wrote: Or they go to the websites that have incorrect information. What? And libraries don't have incorrect information too? The problem isn't the information stored, it's the people employing poor research methods. That's not exactly a new issue. (August 11, 2014 at 8:04 pm)Napoléon Wrote:(August 11, 2014 at 7:56 pm)Jenny A Wrote: No really. The internet is general provides very little really deep knowledge. It's real good at three articles on a subject. Want the treatise underlying the articles, find a book. In part this is because not all information is free. And as I said there are exceptions.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
Quote: But it isn't a substitute for a good library yet, though it can do many things the library can't. Or won't. (August 11, 2014 at 10:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote: But it isn't a substitute for a good library yet, though it can do many things the library can't. Libraries aren't: communication vehicles, news sources, or nearly as broad as the internet. They do provide internet access to the destitute or anyone else.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
When I started posting at atheist sites 15 or so years ago, the quality of discussion was much higher. Now, people see a couple youtube videos that support what they already believe and they think they know it all.
I've heard the internet described as 'The open market-place of ideas'. If true, the corollary would be that the info on the internet is subject to market forces. I think there's more truth than jest in that. To push the analogy further, there's a whole bunch of consumers with low purchasing power; they're buying any old shit and are satisfied.
Sum ergo sum
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