[CS-FSLUG] Membership database
David Aikema
daikema at gmail.com
Mon May 30 13:22:24 CDT 2005
On 5/30/05, Frank Bax <fbax at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > > Barcodes?!?!? in church?!?!?
> >It wouldn't be me, but churches do it. :( I worry that too much
> >technology is a bad thing. I understand the need to ensure that John
> >& Jane Doe drop off and pick up Johnny Doe and Suzy Doe. However, if
> >we need barcodes to accomplish that, then maybe we've lost the
> >personal connections that we, as Christians, should have. Just my
> >$0.025 worth. ;)
> I happen to think it's a good thing. Kids and younger adults these days
> grow up with technology. They expect it. If your church isn't using the
> latest technology, it is considered an alien/weird place to them and they
> might be uncomfortable because its missing. But, of course, this depends a
> lot on your target demographic.
Perhaps it's my church background (a quite traditional environment -
overly so in my opinion), but I've never really viewed technology as
an essential, although I'm in favour of the adoption of some more
high-tech equipment.
Honestly as far as the "coolness" factor goes (which seems to be the
main basis of your argument as I understand it), I think that barcodes
are rather passe. Well, that and It would make me feel like just
another number.
One thought that comes to mind - I've heard some opposition to the
idea of government tracking of people through a (inter)national ID
system - based on some text in Revelations. How does the idea fit in
with a "church id" system (although this would presumably be limited
to local congregations - at least at the beginning?
David
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