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BEST AVAILABLE COPY the HERALD Wednesday December Religion Computers and religion will ever the twain meet By JIM RYAN Herald Special Second Sunday of Advent Luke 3 Dec 1991 JOHN THE BAPTIST 01 THE IBM CLONE Three Statements about Com outers 1 Robertson has been quoted as saying A computer is the work of the devil 2 Pablo Picasso said A com only gives you answers 3 But says I don use a typewriter anymore I think a computer is more spiritual It works with you and is silent A PILGRIM IN THE LAND OF DOS A friend of mine recently bought a computer I greet him in the morning with the question Are you lost in Dos yet Dos is a spiritual landscape that Is constantly being broken into It like heaven or the Pro mised Land To be lost In Dos Is to be lost In mystical delight I can laugh I m still using a twenty year old typewriter that my wife bought used for II admit to you that I get ting tired of Whlteout and taperaser Id like to Whiteout my IBM The Real Thing to buy an IBM clone Religion i and Reality vHrlSHy by Jim Ryan A IN THE LAND OF DOS This past Friday my friend came to work with the news that hed conferred on himself the degree of Master of Dos a rare and mystical degree He had vanquished a demon that had been possessing his IBM Clone Whenever he tried to save something hed receive this com mand from the Land of Dos Error Note the theological language to be ed is to exist in the active memory of God forever My friend peerless pilgnm the Land of Dos persevered With sword in hand and with his faithful companion Mouse he slew the Panty Error and freed Dos from the oppressive m tmder As it turned out the Parity Error was a faulty disc My friend is acquiring the reputation of a prophet of Dos among his pilgrim peers JOHN THE BAPTIST IN THE DESERT OF DOS John the Baptist is like my friend John discovers the errors in the system And not in just one system In his account of John Luke names all of the Lords of the Systems that ruled during the time of Christ We can even date them Tiberius was sole emperor from Aug AD until AD The fifteenth year of his reign was probably from Oct 1 AD Pilate was in from AD 2636 Herod was in Galilee from BC to AD John has discovered the source of all systems He has been call ed by the Power Source He has two tasks to name the er rors in earthly systems and to point to the One who will lead us into the light of the Power Source itself Endnote If you like me belong to the few who haven become pilgrims yet some of the above terms may seem as mysterious as the terms of a Gnostic cult Let me assure you whether the work of the Devil or tool of the Spirit you too can become a pilgrim with a few easy lessons Dos is an operating God can help with the answers By REV FRITZ SCHMITT Herald Special In the wake of recent elections it is interesting to note how often people have tried to remedy their problems by voting out one government and voting in a new one Though the last elections were only at the local level there still had been much thinking in that direction as people went to vote What has the incumbent done to see that my street finally gets the long promised sewer repairs The present council t truly solved or even right ly addressed the question of growth in our community are some of the comments you may have heard during the campaign But then now after elections are over and the reelected and newly elected officers begin their terms also begins the frequently experienced period of disappoint I think that most politi cians intend to keep their pro mises to do everything their con stituents want to solve all the problems they addressed during the campaign Yet the reality of life and of public office presents conflicting desires from the com munity Solutions that don work as expected or planned well as the usual assortment of human fiilureb mistakes and improper motives motions The question we need to irselvcs is why so much fn m ind get so CLERGY COMMENT disappointed when they can t deliver what we need We expect them to get to the heart of the crime problem yet can they get to the real heart of the problem the human Likewise we hope they can resolve the pollu problem Yet if we carefully consider it the problem lies in our desiring more material goods than we really need in buying things or throwing them away merely on the dictates of style and fashion and the ingness to properly manage the resources God has given us At this point many readers might think that I am implying that coming to faith in Christ tur rung to God in every trouble is the complete solution to all their pro blems In most cases such is only the beginning but it is the best beginning we can make to every problem we encounter Rather than turn to politicians and governments who ire often powerless to effect the eh we desire or need we should turn to learn His f r renew reform if the hum pint The Christmas season has been used by the Christian Church not just to remember the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ but also to recognize His status as our Saviour and King As we came closer to that time it would be good to consider whether we count on Him as much as we might our local provincial or federal government to come up with the answers we need in our lives for our community and for the world ACTON COMMUNITY CAROL SERVICE INTERDENOMINATIONAL ADVENT SERVICE Knox Presbyterian Church Han St Acton Sunday December Dcru on on Foodilu Welcome a fatten to- and system in a computer It s a power center it does nothing in itself It s like electricity in the brain Computer systems are now becoming more and more user fnendly This is like a Gnostic cult having a member ship drive BIOETH1CSANDTHE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION This Saturday is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception With the advances In Artificial Insemination H I pays for it Test Tube babies and Genetic Engineering science has invaded this most basic of human opera tions But if you re neither scientific nor Catholic don be put off by this feast The Immaculate 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