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Re: Pastoral Internet Regulation & Control
Well, look, to be fair, there could be a PROBLEM in the church regarding internet use that we are unaware of.
I don't fault the pastor for trying (over-zealously) to protect his constituency from the internet, which is much more dangerous than television.
An accountability program is good, IMO. However, it should be a voluntary program. Lots of churches have accountability programs for the internet--or is that a surprise to everyone? Ever heard of Covenant Eyes, Safe Eyes or XXX Church? They function by emailing an accountability partner an unaltered copy of your visited websites on a regular basis. You can't edit the results, and the only sites that will show up on the email are questionable sites.
The only part I disagree with here is the mandatory nature, but like I said--we may not know the whole story.
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--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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