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Here are some questions I often consider and think about:

1. Do all these sms's the young generation send ruin their future capability of conversation in any way?

2. Are these cell phone "visits" , which are going on constantly, going to change our future social life?

3. Is there a chance that they might even be changing relationships? Over-exposure?
If you think they are, for the better or for the worse?


SMS: Short Message Service
(or text message)
 
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Frankly I don't know too much about SMS which is why I allowed you to start this topic but I do know that there isn't anything that you can get from a phone that you can't get from actually ringing the doorbell and visiting somebody.
 
Hi wondering

I believe they become addicted to sms and it seems to be the most important thing in their life. It can ruin relationships.
Example: on the way to my husband's funeral my best friend was sending sms all the way to the cemetery. It hurt me because I felt it was disrespectful to my husband.

As long as it is under control it's ok but it seems to have replaced social life.

It can be good for people who are housebound whatever age they are.

I think a phone call, a visit or a letter is much warmer
 
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Hi wondering

I believe they become addicted to sms and it seems to be the most important thing in their life. It can ruin relationships.
Example: on the way to my husband's funeral my best friend was sending sms all the way to the cemetery. It hurt me because I felt it was disrespectful to my husband.

As long as it is under control it's ok but it seems to have replaced social life.

It can be good for people who are housebound whatever age they are.

I think a phone call, a visit or a letter is much warmer
I agree with you 100%.
When you're with someone and they get on their phone to answer, or even just read, a message, it's the same as being in a conversation with someone and they just walk away from you.

We've invented a new social form but forgot to make up rules for it.
We need Miss Manners!

I also feel it could ruin a new relationship, but I'm not sure why.
Hope to have some feedback on this.
 
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Yes I agree. It's like saying"I'm more interested in what this is saying, I would rather read this than talk/listen to you. Don't think that new relationship will last long.
Good point.
How about a couple that is messaging all day long?
Can this be positive in any way?
We still have much to learn about the effects of messaging.
 
Look, I am known for my honesty and even I have to admit that I'm guilty with that sometimes. It's like at dinner my mom was trying to get me to guess what song she was whistling and I'm just like sorry, can't talk right now, I have to message this person back first. :lol I feel bad about it ttoo though.
 
It’s another form of communication, With positives and negatives like every other form of communication.
I agree.
But, unlike the phone, it cuts down on words and thus changes the way we communicate.
I feel this will have permanent consequences...
 
I agree.
But, unlike the phone, it cuts down on words and thus changes the way we communicate.
I feel this will have permanent consequences...
It will have both good and bad consequences. For instance, one need not respond immediately; there is time to think and consider first. Also, the words are there, to be read repeatedly. On the phone where there is no record of what was said, if one has misheard or misspoke, it may be difficult for clarification after the fact.
 
I recall a thread where Jethro and I were in agreement that the supposed "advances" in technology in general and social media in particular struck us as positively demonic. Although I am 68 years old, I am not some Luddite. As an in-house attorney at Xerox, I had technology on my desk 35 years ago that was close to what we have today (Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center was where much of what we have today was pioneered). Nevertheless, I believe that the technology is reprogramming brains in frightening ways, creating dependencies, dehumanizing users and destroying social relationships; it is having precisely the opposite effect of what those who are addicted (i.e., most people) think it is having. Like so much of what has taken place over the past 50 years, it seems to me suspiciously "supernatural" in the sense of "supernaturally evil." I recall one of the early pioneers stating that there almost seemed to be something "mystical" about it all, as though a "spirit" were guiding the developments. I am the last person on earth to see demons under every rock - or demons at all, for that matter - but I am very concerned that 100 years from now people are going to look back and say, "Yes, that was when it all started to go wrong. We had no idea what forces we were unleashing, and now it's too late."
 
It will have both good and bad consequences. For instance, one need not respond immediately; there is time to think and consider first. Also, the words are there, to be read repeatedly. On the phone where there is no record of what was said, if one has misheard or misspoke, it may be difficult for clarification after the fact.
Interesting on the second point.
I don't like messaging. It feels like an intrusion into my life.
Also, I can't express myself the way I'd like.
But I agree with you. No need to answer right away, or even read a message right away.
I have a friend that does both immediately, no matter what else is going on .
 
I recall a thread where Jethro and I were in agreement that the supposed "advances" in technology in general and social media in particular struck us as positively demonic. Although I am 68 years old, I am not some Luddite. As an in-house attorney at Xerox, I had technology on my desk 35 years ago that was close to what we have today (Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center was where much of what we have today was pioneered). Nevertheless, I believe that the technology is reprogramming brains in frightening ways, creating dependencies, dehumanizing users and destroying social relationships; it is having precisely the opposite effect of what those who are addicted (i.e., most people) think it is having. Like so much of what has taken place over the past 50 years, it seems to me suspiciously "supernatural" in the sense of "supernaturally evil." I recall one of the early pioneers stating that there almost seemed to be something "mystical" about it all, as though a "spirit" were guiding the developments. I am the last person on earth to see demons under every rock - or demons at all, for that matter - but I am very concerned that 100 years from now people are going to look back and say, "Yes, that was when it all started to go wrong. We had no idea what forces we were unleashing, and now it's too late."
I've been dealing with computers over 30 years now.
I remember telling my husband that they were going to change man in a very basic way.
Back then I felt it was the interaction with a machine that would cause this change.
Now we're beyond that and are dependant on technology. As Paul said, being dependant on anything is not good. One could get drunk on anything, not just liquor.
Yes. I fear for the future.
And privacy is a thing of the past...
 
i think we're media saturated, but sorely lacking in genuine connections. its society, its the economy, its...the whole culture. technology reflect that; technology also seems to fuel some it, as Runner pointed out.
 
Sometimes sms cuts back on words and things could be taken the wrong way if you don't know the person well.

It could also turn out to be a very lazy way of communicating if used all the time


Yes very true as I just found out last night on here, it's hard to know the tone when it's just text. You can't always tell when somebody is joking or not.
 
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