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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 11 2014, @08:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 11 2014, @08:32PM (#80216)

    I would consider myself a Christian, and while I don't buy into the Bible as the 'infallible word of God' (it was, after all, written by people), but I consider Christ as an example, not because he is God, but because he was genuinely good to people.

    When asked, what the greatest commandment was, Christ (reportedly) replied, "Love God with all your being, and the second one is just like it, love your neighbor as yourself." Which I take to mean that the way to show love for God IS to love your neighbor. This way of living, putting the needs of others, including your enemies, on equal footing as your own doesn't require belief in Christ as God, nor does it require a literal belief in the Bible. It merely requires one to understand that all people deserve respect and love.

    And for the record, I was troubled to hear how happy many people were to hear of the death of Osama Bin Laden, not because I felt he was a great guy or anything, but because he was a fellow human.