{"id":629,"date":"2011-12-09T08:59:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T13:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=629"},"modified":"2011-12-04T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T16:53:45","slug":"technology-and-a-sharing-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2011\/12\/technology-and-a-sharing-religion.html","title":{"rendered":"Technology and a Sharing Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New technology. Babies born every minute. Earth never stopping.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2011\/12\/Green-Earth-Ecology-wAl-tangledwing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-630\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2011\/12\/Green-Earth-Ecology-wAl-tangledwing-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>The forces of expansion and rapid movement are radically transforming society. A void is felt. The pursuit of material wealth is exhausting and meaningless.<\/p>\n<p>The heart looks to religion for meaning.<\/p>\n<p>However, does the religious impulse have more to do with a search for a sharing community rather than for theological dogma or human history?<\/p>\n<p>Forgiveness. One God, good. Not following a religion, but discovering and living it.<\/p>\n<p>From <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookstore.trafford.com\/Products\/SKU-000137087\/21st-Century-Science-and-Health-with-Key-to-the-Scriptures.aspx\">Science and Health<\/a>, \u201c<\/em>Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love. Happiness is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all humankind to share it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New technology. Babies born every minute. Earth never stopping. The forces of expansion and rapid movement are radically transforming society. A void is felt. The pursuit of material wealth is exhausting and meaningless. The heart looks to religion for meaning. 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