About The Internet as a Metaphor for God?
| Authors | Henderson, Charles |
|---|---|
| Date | 2000 |
| Publication | CrossCurrents |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Vol / Pages | Vol. 50 No. 1/2 pp. 77-83 |
| URL | https://www.jstor.org/stable/24461233 |
Type: Journal Article
Tags: God, infinity, Information technology, internet, machines, Metaphor, Religion, Spirituality, Technology
Abstract
Numerous computer users talk of their online experiences in spiritual terms. People say that computer networks resonate with our sense that life is not predictable; they provoke spiritual, even religious speculations. The internet has become for many a metaphor for God in our age, a doorway to the infinite. [CJ]