Computing

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.

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.

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.