Baptist Pastor's Wife Warns of Google-Search Idolatry

[Jerome]

Mrs. Paul Young from the northern part of North Dakota is under conviction for turning to GPS when she got lost, rather than just praying. She's warning Baptists that prostrating oneself before an electronic device, petitioning it for guidance, is akin to what the ancients did in seeking help from Moloch, Baal, Ashtoreth, etc.:

Molech, Baal and other idols of ancient times have contemporary counterparts in Siri, OK Google, Alexa and Cortana

"Idols....their names in Bible times were Molech, Chemosh, Ashtoreth, Zeus, Hermes and Baal. Their function was to answer the baffling questions of their day. Today, our society calls them Siri, OK Google, Alexa and Cortana. Canaanites sacrificed their children to Molech. We allow our children to be consumed by Siri....Ashtoreth was the goddess of love and fertility. How many use OK Google to find pornography or infertility remedies?"

Sarah Young is a homeschooling mother.
Her husband pastors Dakota Baptist Church

 

[GoodTidings]

I think she is kind of off on all of that. I don't have a GPS device, but I don't think using GPS to know which street to turn on is the same as seeking counsel from Moloch. I agree that we need to be responsible in our Internet searches and stuff, but she is taking things too far and is making a false correlation between GPS and false gods.

 

[NoQuieroUnQueso]

Next you're going to say looking at a paper map and reading medical and info books are evil, too. Yes, I do believe there's a lot of filth on the internet and we need to be mindful of ourselves and our kids' use of it. There's a big difference between looking up pornography and looking up whether or not it's normal to have hair on my toes, or looking up directions to somewhere.

 

[PastoralMusings]

Wow! I was fully expecting the lonk to take me to the Babylon Bee.

 

[Nicolaus Mourer]

A little too overzealous in her practice of separation from the world, I would think. I work on an ambulance; if using GPS is idolatry, then I'm getting paid to break the 1st of the ten commandments daily.

 

[NoQuieroUnQueso]

Also, in regards to turning to something else when you're lost instead of praying...So if I have someone in the car with me and I ask them which way to the store am I committing idolatry?

 

[37818]

The false gods did not have AI. And our AI of today are not gods, they are electronic servants. Where the servants of the past regarded as gods?

 

[OldArmy]

Next you're going to say looking at a paper map and reading medical and info books are evil, too. Yes, I do believe there's a lot of filth on the internet and we need to be mindful of ourselves and our kids' use of it. There's a big difference between looking up pornography and looking up whether or not it's normal to have hair on my toes, or looking up directions to somewhere.

This.

 

[Van]

As technology has become a large factor in our lives, it is an open question whether are dependence on God has been eroded by our dependence upon the provision of technology. I am uncomfortable with the dodge, "Thank you God for the provision of technology."

I take a handful of pills every morning and every evening, but I am not drawn to pray to the pill providers.

Mostly I fall back on "God's grace is sufficient for me."

 

[Walter]

Welcome to the 'fruitcake zone'. This is an example of why fundamentalist are not taken seriously by most people anymore.

 

[Reynolds]

A little too overzealous in her practice of separation from the world, I would think. I work on an ambulance; if using GPS is idolatry, then I'm getting paid to break the 1st of the ten commandments daily.

When I worked at the P.D. we were not allowed GPS in cars. The chief said "if you can't learn the streets you need to find a new line of work." I agree.

 

[Salty]

When I worked at the P.D. we were not allowed GPS in cars. The chief said "if you can't learn the streets you need to find a new line of work." I agree.

That depends on how many streets are in the Village, Town, City or County -
A small village may only have 20 or 30 streets - sure - easy to remember.

I was a taxi driver in Syracuse, NY. Hundreds of streets - and then you may have Park Ave, Park St, Park Rd, ect.
and then some roads are dead end at two different spots - as the Interstate may have went straight thru those streets.

and then when you are talking about the whole county - now you may have 5 "Rose Sts" but all in different villages.....

 

[Reynolds]

That depends on how many streets are in the Village, Town, City or County -
A small village may only have 20 or 30 streets - sure - easy to remember.

I was a taxi driver in Syracuse, NY. Hundreds of streets - and then you may have Park Ave, Park St, Park Rd, ect.
and then some roads are dead end at two different spots - as the Interstate may have went straight thru those streets.

and then when you are talking about the whole county - now you may have 5 "Rose Sts" but all in different villages.....

Even in a big city, you work small precincts. How did we function prior to GPS?

 

[NoQuieroUnQueso]

I mean, if you're on your knees praying to the GPS, and you had a serious problem with doing that, then yes I would say you personally should avoid it. That does not mean that the rest of us have that same problem or are under that same conviction. Some people have serious problems with overeating out of nervous compulsion. Does that mean I, a barely-over-100 pound female shouldn't be trying to get to a healthy weight by eating whenever I have a chance? (My metabolism is crazy high and it stinks) I would say no.

 

[Benjamin]

Even in a big city, you work small precincts. How did we function prior to GPS?

Used to have a glove box full of street maps, take them out unfold them locate the tiny street in the section and then try to follow along all the turns shuffling the map around in my lap or over the dash as I got close...forget that!! Now, I voice text in my addresses in like 2 seconds, clip my phone in a holder above my dash and follow the arrow. I got better things to think about than memorizing city streets...

 

[Reynolds]

Used to have a glove box full of street maps, take them out unfold them locate the tiny street in the section and then try to follow along all the turns shuffling the map around in my lap or over the dash as I got close...forget that!! Now, I voice text in my addresses in like 2 seconds, clip my phone in a holder above my dash and follow the arrow. I got better things to think about than memorizing city streets...

If you are a good patrol officer, you know your entire precinct.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Used to have a glove box full of street maps, take them out unfold them locate the tiny street in the section and then try to follow along all the turns shuffling the map around in my lap or over the dash as I got close...forget that!! Now, I voice text in my addresses in like 2 seconds, clip my phone in a holder above my dash and follow the arrow. I got better things to think about than memorizing city streets...

Amen

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

It’s a tool to help you find places better.

I like Waze... tells you where the cops are. Even better!

 

[Acts2.21]

some Christians are BONKERS!!!

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Or they are Christians in name only (CINO)