Joel wrote:
>In Wendee's post below she makes several comments that indicate an
>anti-technology attitude as a response to various environment
degradation
I really do not have an anti-technology attitude. I do think that
technology can be used for God's glory and it can be used in the name
of God to degrade the world (or with no regard to God at all). Its all
a matter of the way the technological endeavor is set up in the first
place. Medicinal technology can save lives. But it is way overused for
human births, including an unecessarily high cesarean rate (25-40% of
births, depending on hospital). Interestingly, lower tech hospitals
have between 10-10% c-section rate with no decreased mortality (I have
seen studies, but would have to look them up to quote or reference).
And though I would be very thankful for the technology in the case I
really needed a C-section, I thank God I delivered my 2 babies
completely medicine and technology free. My point is that technology
is great when its really needed, but often overused and overpreached.
TV (I don't watch it) blitzes people with zillions of gizmos
advertisers claim we "need" or will make us happy, attractive,
wealthy, popular. Our society is very much set up materialistically
and it makes it ever more difficult to live in the world yet not of
it. In the Christian creation care movement "simple living" is a
common theme. And it has a lot of biblical backing.
>due to the doing of technology but this is not a reason to avoid
doing
>technology anymore than thinking bad thoughts is a reason to stop
thinking.
I don't think we should stop doing science or technology research.
Like I said, technology can be used to God's glory or not, it often
depends on who discovers it and or who holds the patent! The very
person who invented the fetal heartbeat monitor decries its overuse.
Didn't Nicola Tesla deliberately NOT share the results of some of his
research because he was afraid it would be misused?
>Perhaps a good place to begin would be the development of a Christian
>response to the dilemma of energy sources. Should we be praying for
>electric cars? Should the Church be standing against strip mining
and new
>hydro-electric projects in Chile in much the same way that it stands
in
>opposition to abortion? What does it mean to trust in the sovereign
Lord
>when it comes to matters of technology?
I think these are great questions.
Anyway I have just been throwing around some ideas. Please don't read
too deep into them.
Wendee
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