St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, Epc

All tools and technology come with their own inherent requirements for wisdom, some more than others. It’s the classic myth of Prometheus who stole fire from the gods, thus giving humanity technology. He is punished for this by Zeus who had him bound to a rock, with his liver being eaten out every day. The myth says a lot about the ancient gods who were forever withholding from creatures they tolerated at best and exploited for their own amusement at worst. It also signals that there are inherent dangers with any new technology or tool, and we often have the technology long before we acquire the wisdom to use it.God, on the other hand, created us in his image and, because we share in God’s nature in ways theologians called the “communicable attributes” of God, God made us to advance civilization and human thriving by making tools that make life both easier and better. However, the problem with an unfettered adoption of any and all technology as a positive good is that our tools also reshape our sensibilities.