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Technology in the Bible

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On the page [[Biblical references to technology]], we have tried to catalogue and comment on specific verses that mention technology of any kind. That catalogue provides the raw data for the more thematic comments on this current page.

There are no passages in the Bible that explicitly prescribe a Christian response to technology. Nevertheless, a close reading of the Bible can inform Christian attitudes in several ways:

* We can correlate the Biblical text to other sources of history to understand the prevalence, cultural assumptions and economic importance of technology.

* We can infer what attitudes and assumptions the Biblical writers held with regard to their ~~expereinces~~ experiences of technology in their own age, and use those as case studies to inform our own attitudes and assumptions.

* We can learn about how people have employed technology for both godly and ungodly purposes and derive principles for our own decisions about the value of technology.

* We can reflect on fundamental principles of Christian discipleship and apply them to technology in the same way as we apply them to other areas of life.

~~The page~~ In the end, there is no fundamental difference between how Christians should decide about the use of technology and how they should decide about most of life's questions. When there is no definitive Biblical statement on the topic, we apply core principles of Christian discipleship such as the call to stewardship over creation, the Great Commandments ([[~~Biblical references~~ Matthew 22:37]] - [[Matthew 22:40]]), a desire for holiness, a total reliance on God, a commitment to ~~technology~~the community of faith, and an expectation that God will give us his wisdom ([[James 1:5]] ~~catalogs and comments on relevant verses~~).

== Metaphoric applications of technology ==

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