Horses & Chariots
Sunday, June 25th, 2006HORSES & CHARIOTS
The downfall of today.
‘It is easy to persuade papists to lean on priests and saints, on old rags and painted pictures — on any idol; but it is hard to get a Protestant to trust in the living God.’ -William Arnot, 1858
I am constantly being reminded of the fast-paced, in your face, get outta my way world we live in. Things today are simply built for speed. We build fast planes, cars, subways, and trains to get people to their destinations quicker. Fast food restaurants which make processed ‘food’ available at a rapid rate to allow for minimal time consumption. PDAs run ramped on the World Wide Web receiving emails at 749832 gigawatts a second to allow the user to be up to date on the latest news, weather, or stock reports. Supermarkets and post offices boast of ‘No Wait’ with the new check-out-yourself systems. Technology is moving us right along into the future faster than we even realize. Heck, IPODs are advancing so quickly they make IROBOT look less like a movie and more like a documentary film from the future.
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