Abuses Of Technology

A deity who permits scientific laws that themselves allow for electrical and mechanical technology and never condemns such a use of science can hardly be said to oppose technology.  In the absence of any divine condemnation, the followers of that deity would have nothing to stand on if they opposed technology on its own.  Such is the case when certain Christians speak without distinguishing between technology and abuses of technology.

An object that requires human activity in order to be misused cannot be legitimately blamed for whatever immoral behaviors people decide to use them for, no matter the scope or depravity.  It likewise does not matter how personally terrifying technology can be.  In every single case, technology is never evil; it is only how technology is used that can be immoral by Biblical standards.

That nuclear bombs can be used for selfish or petty reasons does not mean that no person or country should have nuclear bombs.  That online sexual videos can feature men or women who have been victimized by human trafficking does not mean that sexual videos are themselves the problem.  In the same way, that cars can pollute the environment does not mean that the use of cars should be abandoned or prohibited.

Weapons, entertainment, erotic media--all of these things have been transformed by the development of contemporary technology.  They can certainly be used for sinful purposes, but to blame video games for violent acts or to blame military technology for unjust killings is asinine.  Technology is not responsible for human actions.  The truth should be obvious: humans are responsible for their own behaviors.

To condemn technology because of human misdeeds is equivalent to condemning a stone because someone threw it at someone's window.  Few would condemn the stone, yet many condemn electronics, weapons, and entertainment for things for which they are not to blame.  For those who prefer fiction to reason, though, a bias against technology might be so familiar that to forsake it is to forsake the comfort of stupidity.