Instantaneous Information

We live in the world of instantaneous information. This new day has transformed the entire media, political, business, and religious worlds. No longer does it take an extended amount of time to learn something. A situation, from something good to tragic, can be known across the world in seconds. I was informed, by an authoritative figure years ago, that when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963, it took only eight minutes for that to be known worldwide. The difference today would be dramatic. Something that tragic (God forbid, we pray) would probably be known in less than a minute worldwide.

The world of the blogosphere has contributed to this so much, many times in an unfortunate way. A person can sit down in front of a computer screen, write what they want, with no accountability at all, truth or untruth, push send, and the world is filled with their words. Of course, finally, more people are understanding that a blog does not mean truth and much of that world is becoming unappreciated. Politically, this entire issue is transforming the present Presidential election. With so much information being shared globally, political candidates and their campaigns are having to pay employees to fill the blogosphere with their message and their truth or else whatever written is seen as truth, if not countered. Oh my, what a different world. Quite honestly, much of it is just not reliable or good for anyone.

Somehow someone in some way needs to figure out a way for accountability to be created. If this is not discovered, then “truth becomes hidden” in the world of “anything goes.”

If born-again Christians would practice godly communicative principles, as God’s Word discusses, then we could at least set some sort of standard for the rest of the world. Let’s all watch how we handle matters we want to communicate via technology. Let’s be Christian, biblical, and ethical in every way.

Instantaneous information is great, but only if it is accurate truth. Let’s be committed to truth and truth alone, sharing it only in the highest Christian manner, as God’s Word has called us to do.

Let’s set the standard as born-again Christians.