08-10-2021, 12:49 PM
After a lot of prayer and contemplation, I conclude for now that the real issue with the Internet is that it will serve to enable persecution. It's not as if we could avoid it in the first place, but that, if I keep publishing on the Net, I'm leaving myself open needlessly. God intends to use other means to work His glory in my life, and maintaining a presence on the Net will interfere with His plans for me. Thus, the Net was useful to me for a time, but no longer. Things are about to change in big ways, but this issue is one thing that matters a lot for my future Kingdom service.
That doesn't mean we have to ditch this forum or my rather private blog right away. Rather, it means staying below the radar, and keeping track of when the radar starts pointing lower than before. This will end up being a progressive departure, watching for signs indicating what steps are wise. I don't think the Internet is going away, but it will become increasingly toxic. My interaction needs to be more passive, acting as a mere consumer instead of a producer, and consuming less as time goes on.
I need to leave fainter and far fewer footprints, because the obvious major issue here is surveillance, and the malevolent intent of that surveillance. Naturally, I'm assuming this isn't just about me alone. I agree with Iain's comment above, in that churches of genuine faith in the Lord will need to stop trusting the technology to displace God's intent that we spend time face to face, if at all possible. I suppose for us, that might mean more time yakking on the phone, until that also becomes toxic. We are about to graduate to a higher level of Kingdom service.
That doesn't mean we have to ditch this forum or my rather private blog right away. Rather, it means staying below the radar, and keeping track of when the radar starts pointing lower than before. This will end up being a progressive departure, watching for signs indicating what steps are wise. I don't think the Internet is going away, but it will become increasingly toxic. My interaction needs to be more passive, acting as a mere consumer instead of a producer, and consuming less as time goes on.
I need to leave fainter and far fewer footprints, because the obvious major issue here is surveillance, and the malevolent intent of that surveillance. Naturally, I'm assuming this isn't just about me alone. I agree with Iain's comment above, in that churches of genuine faith in the Lord will need to stop trusting the technology to displace God's intent that we spend time face to face, if at all possible. I suppose for us, that might mean more time yakking on the phone, until that also becomes toxic. We are about to graduate to a higher level of Kingdom service.