A friend sent me a link to the clip below of a rabbi discussing his views about the internet, asking me my opinion. I responded that I thought the rabbi gave too much credit to people in terms of overcoming weaknesses. If people could overcome their eating addiction, there wouldn't be so many weight loss surgeries being performed.
Someone posted a comment on something I posted regarding the internet asifa.
I do not want to give my name. But I can tell you the agony I am going through because I can't stay off the computer. I have a 'routine.' Certain news sites and blogs are mandatory morning ritual with my coffee. The problem is once I start I can't stop. I am looking for something. I don't view any porn or gossip sites yet I can spend literally hours looking going from one worm hole to the next. I can't tell you how many times I've missed davening and opportunities for mitzvah and even just getting done every day what every person must do. It has taken a toll on me emotionally. I am wracked with guilt because it has interfered with my relationship, my daily interaction with G-d. The Internet is a tool but a very dangerous tool. We got rid of our television. How can we get rid of our computer? According to Derech Hashem by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto of blessed memory, we are not to be like the goyiim or involve our selves in the mundane matters of this world. That we are to direct ourselves and our lives and interests into the holy. This to me is a very big test. G-d forbid when we go before the heavenly throne will there be just one image Hashem shows us that describes our life - a Jew pathetically peering into the computer as if it was some kind of an oracle?
AnashNews reports that Rav Kanievsky, upon hearing of the terrible car accident that claimed the lives of eight members of a family, stated:
"כל המחלות והמיתות המשונות שפוקדות את עם ישראל הגיעו אך ורק בגלל התפשטות האינטרנט בבתי ישראל"
A relative thought there will be a new question added to the list of shidduch questions. What type of internet filter does the family have?
A relative thought there will be a new question added to the list of shidduch questions. What type of internet filter does the family have?
So since people have eating problems, let's ban food. It's nothing more then the control of the wicked Erev Rav who want to control every aspect of our lives instead of addressing the real issues we have in our communities. Chillul haShem.
ReplyDeleteI humbly protest the Rav's statement. It blames others for the tragedy. As if he knows the ways of Hashem. And what if THAT family never even had internet? It would matter not according to his reasoning. The Rebbe once said that we cannot know why Hashem afflicted us with the Holocaust, so, by the same measure, we cannot assume that such horrible deaths could be prevented if we all stopped our internet's services - anymore than these tragedies happened before the internet existed at all!
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