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Start Date
17-9-2024 2:15 PM
End Date
17-9-2024 3:00 PM
Keywords
technology, creator, tower of babel, dominion, misuse, mankind, church
Description
Is the development of technology a means of extending our God-given dominion over the earth or is it an attempt to displace the creator? Where is the line? When do we cross it? Recent technological developments and priorities are aiming more and more at trying to be like God and displacing His role as creator. While the tower of Babel shows that mankind’s misuse of technology to displace God is not new, it seems that the pace and attempts to do this have only increased in recent years. From transhumanism and transgenderism to artificial intelligence and bioengineering, it seems that mankind is seeking to move from being sub-creators under God to displacing God as the ultimate creator. This session will look at how and why these shifts have happened and wrestle with some of the challenges that the church faces in the 21st century to make sense of which uses of technology are God-pleasing and which are dangerous.
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Submission Cost
Free
You Shall Be Like God: Technology from Sub-creation to Displacing the Creator
Is the development of technology a means of extending our God-given dominion over the earth or is it an attempt to displace the creator? Where is the line? When do we cross it? Recent technological developments and priorities are aiming more and more at trying to be like God and displacing His role as creator. While the tower of Babel shows that mankind’s misuse of technology to displace God is not new, it seems that the pace and attempts to do this have only increased in recent years. From transhumanism and transgenderism to artificial intelligence and bioengineering, it seems that mankind is seeking to move from being sub-creators under God to displacing God as the ultimate creator. This session will look at how and why these shifts have happened and wrestle with some of the challenges that the church faces in the 21st century to make sense of which uses of technology are God-pleasing and which are dangerous.
