Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Technologic Advancements

While reading an article put out by the Church, I was confused why it took so long for these changes to take places. Thinking that it had come out recently, while it was talking about CADs and how much computers can save time, I stumbled across a reference to the Apple II. It was then I realized that the article was not recent, and checking yes it was written in 1984. Many of the systems described in the article are still being updated and worked on. Today it may feel like the Church is still behind where it could be in regards of technology. The reason why I feel this is that it takes awhile for technology to be implemented in a place where peoples' faith are concerned. It would get too impersonal if everything were automated and too much computerization can make a person less receptive to the spirit. The Church has done a marvelous job using the tools that have been given to the world. So much more now is available and so much more is possible that can be done now.


1 comment:

  1. The articles we were supposed to read for today are pretty much in chronological order. I think one purpose of reading all these articles (including this 1984 article) is to know about the technological advances the Church has gone through in the past thirty years. After seeing the phrase "computer technology" used multiple times throughout this article, you could definitely tell this was written in 1984.

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