Don't Take Your iPod to Church
Is this a joke? Why is it so hard to tell satire from genuine sentiment in some Christian spheres? Maybe it’s because some say things that are completely off-the-wall and don’t deserve to be taken seriously.
McLuhan is undoubtedly best-known for his catchy little phrase, “the medium is the message.” It sometimes helps to emphasize that little word is as if to stress that the the medium and the message carried by that medium cannot be neatly separated.
Right. We should all stop bringing electronic devices to church on which we read the Bible. Having the Bible in my pocket in multiple English translations — and original languages — could only be a bad thing. It could not possibly ever encourage me to read and study the Bible more. New technology only serves to distance us from the original message.
Time to dust off those scrolls and papyri.
