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The good of the internet is somehow negated by the evils that come with it. The internet is a market place for ideas – good and wicked, true and false. Devoid of gatekeepers, the internet also opens the door to all predators and perversions.

 

Place for Truth and Falsehood

The first of these dangers is information overload. While the internet gives the Christian a voice and an alternate medium to present the Gospel and teach the truth, the freedom to publish also means that those who intend to spread falsehoods about the Christian faith also have the same access.

 

            To the post-modern mindset, where there are no absolutes, where truth is relative, the internet is the perfect tool for such a worldview. On the internet, all ideas are equal. And all ideas have equal access on the World Wide Web. Search engines – such as Google – do not discriminate. Hit “enter” and they list all the sites. With no objective standard and uniform criteria, it is up to the user to figure out the truth, and filter out the falsehoods.