are you there, god? it's me. becca.

last week the ap had a nice little blurb about god bloggers. not god himself blogging, but those blogging in his name or on his behalf, sort of like his executive assistant. which is different than singing in the name of love because that's u2. totally different. today i checked out the evangelical outpost, which is one of these sites where bloggers write about god, religion, and the anti-christ. today's post centers on how technology has or has not created a "virtual gomorrah," and that cable tv and the internet are (or aren't) to blame for p0rn and inappropriate and illicit activities. um. no. we are to blame. all of us. because technology didn't just create it all on it's own. for example, evolution may have created the turban squash, but we farm and sell it... evolution is a whole other discussion though, and i'm sure the evangelical outpost guy has his own strident views on that. back on topic. some person had to come up with the idea of a sex website or $7.99/all-day access or babes and brawn without bikinis or whatever, then produce it via the means to support it, build it, test it, and launch it. does p0rn just pop out of nowhere? some men might say yes. "honey, i don't know how a year's worth of hustler got stuffed in the back of my closet!" but really, we're all responsible. and we shouldn't argue that technology isn't to blame. why waste our time? and we should be able to take responsibility without infringing upon people's rights to xxx materials. or turban squash. and shouldn't we be worrying more about god highly influencing certain people to invade other nations?