Avrom and Bubbe response to Mark Bauerlein
I was speaking to someone earlier about this today and we both came to the same conclusion. It is going to be tough to see religious institutions develop bibles and praying books that are built in religious institutions that use digital technology. Yes currently said items are available but could you ever imagine for example in a synagogue reading from a digital virtual tablet instead of the same scroll that is delicately hand written for many years in a prescribed manner that has never been changed. There is a reason why tradition is a very important part of human existence, and as long as we hold true to those traditions and experiences even though everyone feels that we are going to lose the ability of accessing printed material, in some areas of society even in 2030 we could never ever see that come into fruition.
posted February 2, 2010
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