Will Technology Hurt or Help Christianity



Religious sites (including this one) are a bit monotonous, repeating many of the same themes over and over. I was drawn to one that advised the new Pope to establish a Vatican office of technology. As the writer, I assume an accomplished person in the tech field, sees the world, the Catholic denomination could thrive if tech people were close to the top of the decision structure.  

I continued reading the link wondering what the new and technology could do to reverse the decline in Christianity. My own assumption has always been that tech is the cause of the decline in Christianity, not a way to save it. Eventually, the author mentioned what better, faster and bigger tech could provide a Pope. It was more and faster information. I don't understand why this would help Catholics or the faith.

How would the Vatican use tech to downplay the Catholic condemnation of gays? How would tech persuade women the denomination is better by excluding them from the highest positions of authority? How would tech persuade skeptics that there is a blissful afterlife when no one has ever seen it? It seems to me the more doubters the average young person encounter, doubter he/she will find because of the advancements of technology, the more likely a person will be to leave the faith behind. 

The link is part of the old faith that preaches Christianity's ultimate victory of other faiths as well as doubters and atheists is inevitable. "The Bible says..." is supposed to carry the day in any argument. Today it does not. Tech Christians have no solution. Nor does the rest of Christianity.  

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