re technology in article apr athos rutgers edu cathye cs uq oz au writes i am fairly new to this group i was wondering about people s opinions on ethical uses of the net and of technology in general the classic references in this area are jacques ellul for a liberal evangelical perspective and os guiness for a straight evangelical view if you want to look at non christian sources try alvin toffler as the perennial optimist his views while blatently non christian explore where technology may be going for example there are some chain letters going around which claim to have been written by a christian missionary but which present a misleading image of the christian religion this is regardless of technology be careful to separate the issues of related to speed and dispersion of technology how far the letter went and how quickly it got there and the message being passed in the technology something that seems to be totally wrong how can we help to make best use of computer technology when lecturing in this area i challenge my non christan atheistic class about the impact technology has on life quality of life and the rights that they consider important depending on how you work out your faith will determine your response to the use of technology for example friends of mine are considering ivf due to a life threatening situation the wife is going through when it is over they will have the baby god willing in this case the technology is available and my friends have to decide what to do in all cases though you must decide if the technology is against god s revealed word regards david david morgan university of technology sydney morgan socs uts edu au po box broadway nsw ph broadway sydney fax i paid good money to get my opinions you get them for free v
