I couldn't agree with your more! As a former ISP (Internet Services Provider) I watched this dumbing down process for the seven years I owned my business. These were the days of dial-up and modems. But as slow as the Internet was back then, people still preferred chat rooms (limited text and conversation) over in-depth forums. Now people are wasting their time in other ways, spending endless hours searching for (and emailing links to) the latest funny videos.

Just like the never realized potential of local-access cable stations, where anyone in the community could connect with the wider world, the Internet looks to be going down the same road. But the problem is not local-access cable stations or the Internet, the problem is people. Modern history reveals that Christians are usually the last to embrace new technologies. We need to change that. But more importantly, we need to change our conversations, which are usually shallow and time-limited... just like most of the Internet.

A link to this article has been posted on the website GoodNewsNow.com.