Religion and the new technology

[Jim__]

3. Instant access to information; but usually a quick, shallow stab at this information.

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If I am thinking or reading about an issue and see a reference to something that I am either not familiar with or something that I have read about a while ago, I usually look it up - right now. I "google" it and glance over some reference material. This can help answer some questions that would otherwise interfere with my focus on the more immediate issue. The downside to this is that the information that I access tends to be shallow.

There is a huge difference between the information that is gleaned this way (e.g. information that is obtained through google) and information that is obtained through serious research into a topic. An awful lot of the information on any topic is, at best, uncertain. The more I research a topic, the more I understand that a lot of the information that is available on the topic is interpreted differently by different subject experts.

Instant access to information gives us the illusion of knowledge. Serious research usually leads to a realization that there are many open questions.

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I am curious as to what you mean by post-modern theology.