[CS-FSLUG] TechEd In the Church

[Don Parris]

On 12/14/05, David Aikema <david at aikema.net> wrote:
> On 12/14/05, Stephen J. McCracken <smccracken at hcjb.org.ec> wrote:
> > >>Does anyone in this group see anything blasphemous about my article?
> > >>A poster over at Digg.com suggested that.  I think he just twisted my
> > >>words, but thought I might ask here, and see what you guys think.
> >
> > My guess is that he was responding to the idea that the church should be
> > teaching technology rather than God.  (Putting tech in the place of
> > God?)  If one has the idea that the church should only ever teach about
> > God, then anything else being taught is taking the place of God.
>
> Blasphemous - no.
>
> At the same time though, throwing stuff like CERT advisories in a
> church bulletin is not something that I would advise.  It does seem a
> mite distracting from what I would label the churches' purpose.
> Throwing in a mention of a free computing class taught by a church
> member seems to be more acceptable, and in general encouraging people
> to be good stewards of their resources is a good thing.  Nonetheless,
> a church bulletin doesn't really seem an appropriate place for CERT
> advisories.
>
> David
>

Thanks, David.  I can kind of see your point.  At any rate, I would
like to see churches do more to help their congregations along
technologically.  I do think it would be useful to find ways raise
awareness of Internet-based problems that impact our congregations. 
Perhaps a class would not quite do the trick for that, as those who
need to know may not attend.

Don
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