Is this God at work?

 As technology grows in our world and we become more immersed in the every day tasks that require said technology, we are faced with a dilemma right down to the very core of our human nature:

Is this natural?

Is this human?

Is this right?

I was recently made aware of an issue where robots are being created to birth children. Human children. These robots are being designed to actually carry the fertilized egg the full ten months of gestation and have a fully formed human to be given to new parents. 

This brings up a new question that is directly related to our deeply rooted faith:

Is this God at work?

And I think the answer here is "no". 


Technology can be a lot of things! Technology helped us create better paper for stories to be written on, better vehicles for safety, better medicines for healing, better entertainment for fireworks, and better convenience for every day life. But at what point do we stop and say "no thats too far"? At what point do we, as the human race, as God-created creatures say "stop. Thats too much."


AI chatbots are so ingrained in our society now that our level of deduction, creativity and ability to handle problems has decreased. Forbes - ChatGPT


Students are being asked to be more comfortable with technology at a younger age than their older counterparts. Preschoolers are interacting with technology at an astonishing level. First graders are expected to complete assignments and quizzes on a Chromebook before the class period is done, without adult intervention to assess their skills! And don't get me started on what Junior High students have to do daily in order to even complete their assignments both in and out of school.


Technology is helpful, yes. But at the rate we are going, eventually technology becomes a weapon against our own IQ. Our own intelligence is the currency. Our own time is being used against us. Our own humanity is being taken away.


Talk to your kids. Give them a 1990's summer. Allow them to fail. Give them the chance to learn by doing. Be the parent that says "no" and then include your child on the "why."


We were created by God. We were given this body and this life. Use the tools given to us by technology in a way that honors Him. Saint Carlos Acutis, pray for us and our soul.

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