People saying how smart phones bad etc

amother

Honeydew

Wed, Jan 25 2023, 9:14 pm

amother Snow wrote:

Smartphones are no different from any technological development from fire and the wheel foreard. Anything can be used for good or evil. You don't even need technology; the human mind and body alone can be used , abused or misused.

When telephones first became available, rabbanim were opposed to them because they would serve as vehicles for LH and rechilus. Show me one rav who suggests not having a telephone today. Aderabba, it would be a sakonas nefoshos not to have one. One of these days a smartphone will be as essential to basic safety as a regular phone is today. It's up to people to control themselves and use these devices in a kosher way.

Exactly. This over-the-top reaction is pretty much the same as to what went down when the printing press was invented. And look at where we are today. It's the printing press that helps propel yiddishkeit further!