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Pope Francis Urges Young People to Not Waste Time Online

posted by n1 on Monday August 11 2014, @05:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the back-to-wasting-time-on-futile-things-in-meatspace dept.

AlHunt writes:

Pope Francis thinks you are spending too much time chatting online, using your smartphone and watching TV, among other things. He did not Tweet the message, but rather delivered it in person to 50,000 German Altar Servers who dropped by for a visit.

Earlier this year, the pope said the internet was a "Gift From God", while warning against isolation caused by too little face time with real people.

Meanwhile, the British government is warning that too much time online is causing mental illness in children "Loneliness, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and heightened aggression are some of the possible issues faced by children who may overuse the Internet."

 
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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Lagg on Monday August 11 2014, @09:45AM

    by Lagg (105) on Monday August 11 2014, @09:45AM (#79977) Homepage Journal

    Blind rejection? Give me a break. Give me one goddamn reason, give me one piece of evidence showing that anything about any religion never mind Christianity is rational. That's how it always is, the religious type always tries to use critical thinking against the person who actually does it and knows what it is because they can't do it themselves. And the "version" I was in isn't a version, that's how every single religion is. It requires willful ignorance and suppressing one's natural desire to question and instead encourages following of a dogma written by insane assholes looking for a handout and a herd to control a few millennia ago. Don't you dare try to make religion as something more significant than it is.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 11 2014, @10:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 11 2014, @10:06AM (#79981)

    Well, I for one consider the advise not to spend too much time on the internet quite rational. Not because the pope says it, but because of personal experience with the negative consequences of spending too much time on the internet.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Lagg on Monday August 11 2014, @10:24AM

      by Lagg (105) on Monday August 11 2014, @10:24AM (#79989) Homepage Journal

      Saying that one is spending too much time on the internet is like saying one is spending too much time on books or talking to people. Ignoring that though, doing something for too long without exercise is a good point in the same way saying "Don't murder people" is. It's common sense and you can't really argue with that and really the way that this guy delivered that "advice" is just about as far as it gets from rational. Here's a choice quote:

      He added that Christ 'used tweets before everyone else, with elementary phrases made up of fewer than 45 characters such as 'Love one another'.

      This is not an uncommon quote from this pope either. How people can see this guy as anything but a nutcase is a testament to the brainwashing powers and herd mentality religion encourages.

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      • (Score: 2) by Tork on Monday August 11 2014, @03:43PM

        by Tork (3914) on Monday August 11 2014, @03:43PM (#80095)
        And your response to attempted brainwashing is... to call the Pope a child molester.
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