As long as people feed their minds from television and iPhones, they will have difficulty believing anything else.
Has America raised an electronic generation, a generation that relies on television and iPhones to tell them everything they need to know that they believe is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Have we raised a generation that refuses to read, research, and study in order to gather information to make up their own minds? Or, are they allowing others to make up their minds for them, to believe as others believe, and to do as others do?
The attention span of people is very short these days, especially as people are watching television or holding iPhones in their hands.
It is also difficult to share a meal with others because their iPhones are closer to their plates than the silverware.
"Excuse me," they say, "but I need to take this call. Very important."
Then they say, "Hi, Susie. How was your date last night?"
Even out on the golf course people will stop the game and brake their carts in the middle of the fairway and say,
"Excuse me, but I need to take this call. Very important."
Then they say, "Hi, Johnny. How was your first day of kindergarten?"
They cup the phone to tell their partners and whisper, "It's my grandson." Then they go on to talk about fishing and camping and everything little Johnny got for Christmas, item by item, while other golfers are in a traffic jam, backed up to the first tee.
Have you ever seen people in churches clinging to their iPhones instead of their Bibles?
Watch him. He's flirting with the girl in the choir, left side, next to the piano: "Brush your hair if you see me."
For the electronic generation, their only interest in news is selfie news, such as selfie cars and bars, pools and pets, and selfie Christmas trees that light up the night and will surely win Tree of the Month.
On social gathering places on the internet, if the electronic generation does not like people such as you and me, or do not like what we say or post, all they do is click and turn the page; for we are not the important people in their lives even though they call us friends and will also tell us they love us from time to time.
How quickly will this blog post today get a click and turn the page?
There was so much I wanted to tell you, but now you are gone. I thought we were friends.
Has America raised an electronic generation, a generation that relies on television and iPhones to tell them everything they need to know that they believe is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Have we raised a generation that refuses to read, research, and study in order to gather information to make up their own minds? Or, are they allowing others to make up their minds for them, to believe as others believe, and to do as others do?
The attention span of people is very short these days, especially as people are watching television or holding iPhones in their hands.
It is also difficult to share a meal with others because their iPhones are closer to their plates than the silverware.
"Excuse me," they say, "but I need to take this call. Very important."
Then they say, "Hi, Susie. How was your date last night?"
Even out on the golf course people will stop the game and brake their carts in the middle of the fairway and say,
"Excuse me, but I need to take this call. Very important."
Then they say, "Hi, Johnny. How was your first day of kindergarten?"
They cup the phone to tell their partners and whisper, "It's my grandson." Then they go on to talk about fishing and camping and everything little Johnny got for Christmas, item by item, while other golfers are in a traffic jam, backed up to the first tee.
Have you ever seen people in churches clinging to their iPhones instead of their Bibles?
Watch him. He's flirting with the girl in the choir, left side, next to the piano: "Brush your hair if you see me."
For the electronic generation, their only interest in news is selfie news, such as selfie cars and bars, pools and pets, and selfie Christmas trees that light up the night and will surely win Tree of the Month.
On social gathering places on the internet, if the electronic generation does not like people such as you and me, or do not like what we say or post, all they do is click and turn the page; for we are not the important people in their lives even though they call us friends and will also tell us they love us from time to time.
How quickly will this blog post today get a click and turn the page?
There was so much I wanted to tell you, but now you are gone. I thought we were friends.
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