Technology is used in harmful ways every day. I'm not talking about the direct and obvious kinds of harm like chemical weapons development. I'm talking about the kinds of harm that are so subtle that we usually don't even notice they are happening or the affect they are having.
Amber Mac did a segment on one of her shows where they showed how magazines make those perfect women. The image above shows Amber before the photoshopping on the left and after 5 minutes of photoshopping on the right. You can see the steps in altering the image on Greg Danbrookes website.
If you've known anyone with an eating disorder like bulimia or anorexia you've seen a bad thing that technology used like this contributes to. If you've seen anyone who piles on the makeup and dreams of plastic surgery because they believe they are ugly you've seen a bad thing that technology used like this contributes to. We live in a society where a belief, usually spoken about behind closed doors, is that beautiful people are loved and our example for these beautiful people is photoshopped and unrealistic images in magazines.
As a church and a Christian looking to know how to love others we need to see the reason people feel unloved. We need to notice this technology use gone bad to know how to love others in their weak places. To help them build up a defense from the bad things in this world that seek to tear people down.
This is just one example of technology usage gone bad. Knowing people who have suffered with bulimia and anorexia this one regularly pops up on my radar. What examples of technology usage gone bad have you seen? Can you see how to love others in their weak places caused by this?
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