Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Smallish Post 2 Inspired technology

There is an issue that I find very interesting  to think about.  It's whether or not some technology is inspired.  On one hand, people give thanks to God for some technology being invented.  God created everything, therefore he created technology.  This argument happens a lot in hospitals.  On the other hand, people say that technology is not from God, because it is man's attempt to approve on God's creation.  These people use evidence of where technology has hurt people instead of helped them, such as computer hacking and identity theft.  I view this issue as a subcategory of a "The problem of evil".  God created everything, and there is evil in the world, so did God create evil?  To me it comes down to agency and responsibility.  God does give us gifts, such as technology, but how we use those gifts is up to us.  We choose to use them for evil.  So I think it's not the question of whether certain technology is evil or not, it's a question of whether the person using the technology is evil.

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