Enough technology
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:45 am
When do we have enough technology?
How would we know?
Who would decide?
Can we believe in the supposed salvation of mankind from all our ills through technology? What are our ills? What technology can calm and uplift a darkened soul?
The reality of the world is that our technology has no appointed end, and if polled, perhaps most people would think of us populating the stars, or "solving" death.
There is no thought behind this. There is no principle, except "more" and "without God".
Believers should be very skeptical of technology. It's my ambition to be able to study how certain Islamic civilizations understood the relationship between society and technology. I have heard from some people who have studied Islamic history, civilization and law, that technology certainly had a principled role in society.
And if we have anything of a principle for technology in this society, though there is no reason to believe that our past has any principled connection to our present, or to our future, we can understand that science and technology was for subverting nature towards the aims of man.
Do as thou wilt. (you know what I mean?)
Peace,
-sgttomas
How would we know?
Who would decide?
Can we believe in the supposed salvation of mankind from all our ills through technology? What are our ills? What technology can calm and uplift a darkened soul?
The reality of the world is that our technology has no appointed end, and if polled, perhaps most people would think of us populating the stars, or "solving" death.
There is no thought behind this. There is no principle, except "more" and "without God".
Believers should be very skeptical of technology. It's my ambition to be able to study how certain Islamic civilizations understood the relationship between society and technology. I have heard from some people who have studied Islamic history, civilization and law, that technology certainly had a principled role in society.
And if we have anything of a principle for technology in this society, though there is no reason to believe that our past has any principled connection to our present, or to our future, we can understand that science and technology was for subverting nature towards the aims of man.
Do as thou wilt. (you know what I mean?)
Peace,
-sgttomas