Baptist Pastor's Wife Warns of Google-Search Idolatry

I think she is kind of off on all of that. I don't have a GPS device, but I don't think using GPS to know which street to turn on is the same as seeking counsel from Moloch. I agree that we need to be responsible in our Internet searches and stuff, but she is taking things too far and is making a false correlation between GPS and false gods.

 

Next you're going to say looking at a paper map and reading medical and info books are evil, too. Yes, I do believe there's a lot of filth on the internet and we need to be mindful of ourselves and our kids' use of it. There's a big difference between looking up pornography and looking up whether or not it's normal to have hair on my toes, or looking up directions to somewhere.

 

Wow! I was fully expecting the lonk to take me to the Babylon Bee.

 

A little too overzealous in her practice of separation from the world, I would think. I work on an ambulance; if using GPS is idolatry, then I'm getting paid to break the 1st of the ten commandments daily.

 

Also, in regards to turning to something else when you're lost instead of praying...So if I have someone in the car with me and I ask them which way to the store am I committing idolatry?

 

The false gods did not have AI. And our AI of today are not gods, they are electronic servants. Where the servants of the past regarded as gods?

 

This.

 

As technology has become a large factor in our lives, it is an open question whether are dependence on God has been eroded by our dependence upon the provision of technology. I am uncomfortable with the dodge, "Thank you God for the provision of technology."

I take a handful of pills every morning and every evening, but I am not drawn to pray to the pill providers.

Mostly I fall back on "God's grace is sufficient for me."

 

Welcome to the 'fruitcake zone'. This is an example of why fundamentalist are not taken seriously by most people anymore.

 

When I worked at the P.D. we were not allowed GPS in cars. The chief said "if you can't learn the streets you need to find a new line of work." I agree.

 

Even in a big city, you work small precincts. How did we function prior to GPS?

 

I mean, if you're on your knees praying to the GPS, and you had a serious problem with doing that, then yes I would say you personally should avoid it. That does not mean that the rest of us have that same problem or are under that same conviction. Some people have serious problems with overeating out of nervous compulsion. Does that mean I, a barely-over-100 pound female shouldn't be trying to get to a healthy weight by eating whenever I have a chance? (My metabolism is crazy high and it stinks) I would say no.

 

Used to have a glove box full of street maps, take them out unfold them locate the tiny street in the section and then try to follow along all the turns shuffling the map around in my lap or over the dash as I got close...forget that!! Now, I voice text in my addresses in like 2 seconds, clip my phone in a holder above my dash and follow the arrow. I got better things to think about than memorizing city streets...

 

If you are a good patrol officer, you know your entire precinct.

 

Amen

 

It’s a tool to help you find places better.

I like Waze... tells you where the cops are. Even better!

 

some Christians are BONKERS!!!

 

Or they are Christians in name only (CINO)