These days we're surrounded by information due to our connectivity. We have access to a world of information through the internet at our fingertips. We can now carry around that power of connectivity with us wherever we go in our smart-phones and PDAs. No longer do we need to make a trip to the local library if we wish to research an interest or assignment. We can accomplish in a matter of minutes what used to take our parents days or even years to find. Knowledge has become a commodity in our connected world. People want to know, and want it now. Knowledge is the fuel of a society bent on self identity and the power of humanistic philosophy. Without it, they lose control. And with the free flow of information comes misinformation. Conspiracies abound on the internet that wouldn't survive the light of day anywhere else and root themselves firmly in the minds of the gullible before those of a nobler agenda have a chance to refute. The world as a result is becoming more polarized. Even within families and churches, politics is off limits because of the passions on each side. Hatred rules the hearts of those that should know better.
Jesus saw this day 2000 years ago. We're headed towards the time Jesus spoke of in Matthew 10:21
"And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. And the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death. " This polarizing effect of misinformation will eventually take it's toll on mankind culminating in these horrid pictures of treachery Jesus tells of.
So how do we shunt the effects all this information we are exposed to on a daily basis has on us? Is the answer simply unplugging our computers and HD televisions and checking out from modern society? Disengaging from the political theater and just letting the whole mess collapse on itself?
None of the above.
Though tempting it might be, we need to be like a common mineral, salt.
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