Internet discussion

• Messages sorted by:[ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]

> Our response will make us the trend settter of the new age or the
> ridicule of all. As I have said before this one needs some rational
> thought on all angles and much prayer. I do not usually post this long 
> of a note, but I think we open discussion.

I do want to offer my two-cents worth concerning the dangers of the 
internet and other commercial online services.

I will offer this qualified piece of advice...stay prayerful, and when 
you begin to ger curious, disconnect the computer until you have prayed 
and fasted for a while for strength.

I have been a victim of letting curiosity get the best of me. I found 
myself in areas on AOL that I shouldn't have been, and as has been 
previously discussed, the one trip I did make (by mistake actually) did 
not turn out to be my last trip. I permitted certain areas of AOL to drag 
me all the way down until it almost got to the point where I felt no 
conviction about being in there. Needless to say, involvement with those 
areas led to other things which I shall not mention in public.

I can say from experience, the dangers are there, but only if you permit 
yourself to become victim to them. I will say that the ease of finding 
those areas on commercial services (AOL, Compuserve, Prodigy, etc.) makes 
it much more a danger than on the internet...of course those of you who 
are Net-Vets probably know how to find those certain forbidden areas.

I see the Net as being as harmless as any other entity with which we come 
in contact on a day to day basis. You have the power to walk by a tavern, 
or an x-rated movie house, or whatever, then similarly, we should have 
the power to bypass immoral areas on the Net. On the other hand, we also 
find ourselves struggling with certain areas from time to time, and the 
Net can likewise present the same type of problems for some.