Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Is Technology Evil? (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)


By St. Nikolai Velimirovich

Many complain against technology.

Many accuse modern technology for all the woes in the world.

Is technology really to blame, or those who create technology and use it?

Is a wooden cross to blame if somebody crucifies someone on it?

Is a hammer to blame if a neighbor breaks his neighbors skull?

Technology does not feel good or evil.

The same pipes can be used for drinking water or the sewer.

Evil does not come from unfeeling, dead technology, but from the dead hearts of people.

From the Complete Works of Bishop Nikolai [in Serbian], Book 12, p. 23.