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Religions 'Innovation and Knowledge Management' - Now the Internet

Submitted by petefagan on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 09:54
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I believe that ‘The Internet is God’ is very closely linked to ‘Innovation and Knowledge management’. This is because religion has historically been the best, most innovative money making business ever invented. ‘Innovation & Knowledge management’ is all about creating greater wealth.

I myself have been to the Vatican, the cathedral of Toledo, Gaudi’s Cathedral, Christchurch and many many more. These are all symbols of vast wealth.

The Internet is God conclusion

Submitted by Frank on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 10:01
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In a post-modern age, perhaps it matters less to us than previously whether or not our particular God exists. To be preoccupied with those issues that theologians are concerned with may in fact matter more to us than whether or not, in absolute terms, the existence of God can be proved. The position of contemporary intellectuals is often that they are happy to explore these issues as if God exists whether or not God really does so!

God is Man

Submitted by Frank on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 10:00
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In the last section, I argued that in theology, God has something to do with knowledge, enlightenment and truth – and that The Internet is now also a crucial provider of such understandings. In this section, I examine the religious tenet that God is integral to everything we do – God is Man – and therefore that God is inevitably to some extent The Internet too. And the more that The Internet becomes a part of our lives, the more that God can be seen as associated with it.

God and Truth

Submitted by Frank on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 09:58
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In the last section, I looked at ways that The Internet can fulfil our deepest spiritual needs; arguably sometimes doing this more adequately than mainstream religions. In this section, I wish to consider how God relates to truth and knowledge and how the better comprehension and feeling of universal citizenship that The Internet can provide brings us nearer to what has traditionally been meant by God.

God changing lives

Submitted by Frank on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 09:57
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In the last section, I looked at how The Internet, as a natural medium for sharing information and emotions, can touch spiritual aspects of our lives by association with others. In this section, I examine how The Internet changes lives; something that most religions are in the market to do! The extent to which the Internet sweeps us up and carries us forward, engaging our hearts and minds in the way that the great religions proclaim that God should, is therefore the subject of this section.

Sharing God

Submitted by Frank on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 09:55
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We have looked at some of the ways that the nature of God, and the ways that God can be worshipped, are compatible with an Internet God. This section is more concerned with the ways that The Internet enables any such God to be shared amongst individuals and communally.

 

Worshipping God

Submitted by Frank on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 09:54
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The idea of God as enlightenment, as a truth within us, or as an ever present possibility was discussed at the end of the last section as one aspect of the nature of God.  This particular idea of God leads nicely into the consideration that worshipping God is not necessarily restricted to places associated with worship such as a church, synagogue, temple or mosque.

 

The Nature of God

Submitted by Frank on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 09:52
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The first thing to say about the nature of God is that our perception of God will not be what God is. The Internet to some extent shares this characteristic of not being what we take it for. It is not what we see on our screens. So the question, 'What is the Internet?' raises some of the same issues as the question, 'What is God?' Like God, it is exceedingly difficult to describe and encompass.

 

The Internet is God introduction

Submitted by Frank on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 09:48
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There is a story about Krishna as a child mischievously eating clay. Krishna's friends tell his foster mother, Yasoda. Krishna tries to convince her that he has not eaten clay by opening his mouth. Yasoda sees the whole universe in Krishna's mouth, including herself with Krishna on her knee! The Internet is akin to this. We switch on our computers and we see the whole universe; including ourselves with Krishna on our knee, so to speak.