Has the internet affected the spread of your believe system?
2006-07-10 04:58:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The internet allows for the wider communication of ideas. So in the end, I believe it will strengthen the atheist community. Lack of communication and ignorance has always been the weapon organized religion. Of course, since anyone can create a website, I have seen plenty of flat-out lies out there on the net, created for the express purpose of "spreading" ignorance once again. But I think in the end, simply allowing people to view things that their "church" wouldn't make readily available otherwise will do what needs done. It will make people think. And if it makes people think, it will create more atheists.
2006-07-10 05:15:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What if Christianity is all a really elaborate pyramid scheme with people at the very top of the pyramid being the only ones making any money? Then I would say the Internet is the perfect place to fund their coffers and when I start getting Christian SPAMS or letters from people waiting at the pearly gates who need my bank account number so that they can get in and then I get to keep their worldly possessions,I will know for sure!
2006-07-10 13:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by go_to_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think more people know about Atheism and Paganism due to the internet. The problem is, a lot of is bad information. And I think it's time that people really start learning what Ancient Paganism was, so maybe we can control the flow of FLUFFIES!
2006-07-10 12:12:59 · answer #3 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I doubt that it has changed any ones "belief system." But it may change the way a person relates to people of different beliefs. This is a great opportunity to encounter each other, to learn, and above all...to grow. This is like a fire...you can either be transformed by it or burned... or stay untouched.
2006-07-10 12:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by novalee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of coarse it has. The internet has allowed us to be exposed to beliefs which we often don't come into contact with on a daily basis. We also have better access to a wealth of information which previously would require hours of library time to research. It's changed a lot of things...not just how people view religion.
2006-07-10 12:06:54 · answer #5 · answered by laetusatheos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One person among one thousand can be intimidated far more easily than a thousand people among a million.
The internet has enabled minorities to find and help each other, making religious discrimination more difficult. It also means that lone person doesn't feel alone anymore, they can meet others like them who show them that they're normal.
2006-07-10 12:34:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know. All I know is that I try and answers questions the best to my ability. God is the one that opens peoples hearts. The Internet has certainly made access to all these religions readily available to those that seek them out.
2006-07-10 12:05:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How shallow must one be to be "changed" by something as impersonal as the internet? I would have to say -- NO - the internet has not "changed" my views -- simply made it easier to gather information necessary to make better decisions.
2006-07-10 12:02:28 · answer #8 · answered by Cookie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really .. they all seem to still enclave into pockets of peurile cliques , rather than promote independent thinking ...as David Byrne said, "Same as it ever was!" ... but fortunately online, as in real life- one can still cultivate a smaller circulation of "the qualitative" over the "dumb it down" voluminous ...
2006-07-10 12:12:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always been atheist. The internet had no effect.
2006-07-10 12:04:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋