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Is there a way to fight the darkness of this generation. What would you change in todays world and how would you go about doing it, both in a spiritual sense and physical. The mindset of the world is drifting into a place of no return. All the new “trends” that must be tolerated and even encouraged are geting out of hand. Is there anything to do or just have to survive through it? If modern technology including phones and computers make living so much easier, including frumkeit with so much Torah on the inernet and connecting with family and friends, why did it have to come with such a catch and is such a struggle to live with and accept in the frum world. If we talk about the world “has reached perfection” or neared it, has it really? Is this what perfection is, confusion?
I’m a BT and every day realize how ignorant I am. So take it with a grain of salt. I am pretty certain you know more about everything yiddishkeit than I do.
It seems to me we need to bring Moshiach. He has not yet come not because someone ate treif or watched TV on Shabbos. Or davened or studied without enough kavanah. It seems to me the Temple was destroyed by us because of sinas chinam and so without ahavas chinam we cannot bring Moshiach. So for me personally, an ignorant Yid who yearns to do H-shem’s will and looks forward to Moshiach coming every day, I try to make as much chesed as I can . “Your gashmius is my ruchnius.” I try to daven with kavanah and try to study daily, but I am pretty sure that H-shem doesn’t think that is where I will make my name. I’m pretty sure my path at least is through Ahavas Chesed. This is coming from someone who is trying to learn, but who recognizes he (me) is ignorant, but striving to become better.What do you think? What is your plan to bring Moshiach?
Part of the confusion of today’s world is caused by the fact that some like to pretend that this generation invented sin.
Reb yid What do you mean?
There are no bad side effects to smartphones. Everything that is called a bad side effect of smartphones is really a flaw in the smartphone holder that is conveniently blamed on the phone.
It’s not an excuse, good or bad. And people shouldn’t have smartphones. Not because they’re bad, but because not everything belongs in your pocket. I like sofas and Monet paintings, but I never tried to miniaturize them into pocket versions to carry with me, because it makes no sense. And from a philosophical standpoint, we can’t carry anything with us, and we should be aware of that.
We live in one of the best times ever to live
Would you rather live now or during the Black Death, The Crusades, the first half of the 20th Century (2 world Wars, Holocaust, Spanish Flu outbreak) or some other equally bad time
If you see good in others, enjoy what you have and keep away from what the Torah forbids then you will see light and not darkness.
How come you are not railing against the Car, Telephone and Printing Press
Cars allowed people to move away from the Makom Torah, Lots of Lashon harah is spoken on the phone and without the Printing Press, Kefirah really couldnt spread (Its hard to handprint lots of copies of anything)
I sit on a sofa almost every day. I’d look at a Monet painting every day too, but I’m not a millionaire.
Smartphones are miniature computers that people carry in their pockets.
You sound like you’ve never even heard of an Internet filter.
When you shecht beheimos, sometimes it doesn’t work. It’s also very expensive to shecht every beheima you eat.
I didn’t say filters are perfect, but you did mention the also imperfect equivalents for TV, so it’s not fair not to mention Internet filters also. Besides, you can set your browser not to show images.
But if you schecht a beheima and it “didn’t work” no damage done and noone forcing you to consume it. On the other hand if the filter failed, you already consumed.
So don’t bother with a filter?
Besides filters don’t really works for social media and everyone’s “tznius” pictures or ” people you may know” who you really don’t and wouldn’t want to.
That depends on which filter you use and the settings applied.
When you block images, you’re still blocking less than when you don’t have Internet at all. Besides, you can still show images when you get to a page you trust.
The Machtzis Hashekel was shown of fire teaching us that everything good like money is like fire which can be used for good or bad.
What about the streets of Manhattan? There’s no filter for that.
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