'Net, mobile phones bad for soul'

[theblackalchemist]

'Net, mobile phones bad for soul'-Health/Sci-The Times of India

LONDON: Modern technology, such as mobile phones and the internet, today has made life easier

and quick.

 

But the Vatican has claimed that these gadgets are taking away people’s time for spiritual pursuits.

 

According to the Pope Benedict XVI’s spokesman Federico Lombardi, without a spiritual life, people are at the risk of losing their souls.

 

"In the age of the cell phone and the internet it is probably more difficult than before to protect silence and to nourish the interior dimension of life,” the Telegraph quoted Lombardi as telling Vatican TV show ‘Octavia Dies’

 

[pamela]

What an odd comment..... I keep in touch with my loved ones via a cell phone and that is good for the "soul"

Time spent on the internet reading, may not be as good as sitting down with a book, but still helpful and useful.

Quiet time or silence as he put it, is up to the individual as needed, and certainly does not have anything to do with technology.