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gregorydc:
Thank you all for your information! You were all very helpful in my plight. I feel better that I know where I can get close to the information in scripture and I do use bible gateway quite a lot. I also listen to the bible while I'm at work on "faith by hearing" website audio bible app. Which is why I don't know exactly what verse it is because it just gives chapters of the book your in. Then I also have the problem. Of focusing sometimes with song lyrics from the past 30 + years floating around in my head plus ignorance and stupidity brought on by other people and myself ( that stuff just pops in unannounced and mostly unwanted) and is kinda hard to keep in constant prayer and going over stuff in my head with that going on. Sorry rambling there. Anyway thank you all for your help so if I try to answer someone without scriptural support you may understand why. Plus most of my reading on here comes from my mobile since my computer is not really available to me at this moment. Sorry rambling again
thank you all again. And if there is anything more I would take any advice I can get on this
Greg
acomplishedartis:
One of the negative things of being so digital is that maybe we are loosing some memorizing skills.
What if... we would lack 'electric energy' and 'internet connection' for a big season? Would we use more time to meditate and memorize? Or we would be 'lost' with out our nice and convenient tools?...
newgene87:
--- Quote from: Moises G. on September 03, 2012, 10:48:40 PM ---
One of the negative things of being so digital is that maybe we are loosing some memorizing skills.
What if... we would lack 'electric energy' and 'internet connection' for a big season? Would we use more time to meditate and memorize? Or we would be 'lost' with out our nice and convenient tools?...
--- End quote ---
Great point! we would be amazed to call to mind how scribes throughout the centuries had much of the Torah memorized and most scriptures by memory without search tools and concordances. Or better yet, the two disciples, on the road to Emmaus which was bout a 7 mile journey - "they talked together of all these things which had happened (regarding Jesus resurrection, death, preaching)" (Luke 24:13-14). And on the way Christ appeared to them, and "opened their understanding, they they might understand the Scriptures"...and that was "beginning at Moses and ALL the prophets, he expounded..." (Luke 24:27,45). We should have a major advantage with all the technology today but we are losing vital "memorizing skills" as you said Moises.
So all in all, "Repetition is the Mother of All Studies". Read. Understand "Christ is the Word of God", "spoken" and "written", the inspiration is the Holy Spirit, they all connect and read. The principle of Deuteronomy 6:7-8 is a great principle.
Thanks Moises. May we all take advantage and use this wonderful mind the Lord has blessed us with. Not just tools :). Reading and repetition is the way
Gina:
Ray said he learned a lot when he began to walk the talk. It's true. You'll find yourself in situations that can be almost overwhelming and then scriptures start flooding back to your brain.
I love the digital age myself. And I know Ray thanked God for the internet. It's hard to imagine any one of us ever finding Bible-truths.com if it weren't for the technology we have access to today. ;D But seriously, I don't think it's a hindrance at all. If God wants you to memorize scripture He'll make sure that happens. Remember who God chooses -- the weak, the this, the that ... see? There's true equality with God. (God is no respecter of persons' memorization skills. lol )
Extol:
--- Quote from: Moises G. on September 03, 2012, 10:48:40 PM ---
One of the negative things of being so digital is that maybe we are loosing some memorizing skills.
What if... we would lack 'electric energy' and 'internet connection' for a big season? Would we use more time to meditate and memorize? Or we would be 'lost' with out our nice and convenient tools?...
--- End quote ---
I've felt this way for years, ever since I overheard a guy in the library who was talking on his cell phone:
"What's his number? Uhh, I don't know anymore! My cell phone has made me stupider. I used to know all my friends' phone numbers, now they're just all stored in my cell phone so I've forgotten them."
That very day, I deleted all of the Contacts on my cell phone, so I would be forced to remember them. Since then, I've also been taking care to not dumb myself down by relying too much on technology. (I also make efforts to avoid other modern things that make people lazy: I don't go to drive-up windows, I take the stairs instead of the elevator, etc.)
If you go on other message boards, or places like YouTube with a lot of commenters, everybody thinks he/she is the smartest person in the world. But you know what they're doing? They're all, in the privacy of their homes, going to Google and finding everything they need at the push of a button, so they can make their impregnable arguments and look smart...when in fact they're not as smart as their ancestors--unless you call being computer savvy "smart".
I criticize technology, but like others here, I do appreciate its blessings. There is, of course, Bibletruths.com. And also the ability to find virtually any verse you need on Google, Biblegateway, etc. 8)
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