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| + | 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 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 [[Biblical references to technology]] catalogs and comments on relevant verses. | ||
{{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Christianity and technology]] | {{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Christianity and technology]] | ||
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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 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 Biblical references to technology catalogs and comments on relevant verses.
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