The Loss of Pastoral Credibility in the Age of the Internet
By sifilings
Jul
28
2014
“The New Calvinism is no exception. While the theological seeds had been planted in previous years and decades, the movement was awaiting a catalyst that would allow the isolated individuals to coalesce into a movement. The catalyst in this case was the Internet and social media.”
“…the Internet has given us a global audience for our bombast, and social media sites encourage it… The result is more people carefully stage-managing their online image.”
The main thrust of the meeting, as espoused by spokesperson Eytan Kobre, was to identify and guard against the major threats posed by the internet, primary among them being ready access to pornography, which “has reached epidemic proportions” and is “eating away the fabric of society.”
