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So all kins of superstition Other examples in this genre
and zeal and fanatism or racism include Nicholas Negroponte's
and arrogance and selfishness Being Digital and Michael
in a religion and for sure Dertouzos' new book, What
violence and extremism can Will Be: How the New World
make the religion inconvenient of Information Will Change
to the contemporary world. Our Lives. (Negroponte,
The most dangerous Knopf, 1995- Dertouzos, 1997)
problem of our contemporary
world is that the divices are Conclusion
progressed and the Ideas and For making peace and co-
Dogmas are backwrded. operation between the religion
Because or perhaps in spite and ICT or cyberspace we need
of both the importance and a better co-operation between
difficulty of addressing the religious leadres and educators
future of the information age, from one hand and the the
there has been no shortage of highest councils and boards of
attempts to do so. the ICT and IS (Information
These attempts break down Society) in the world to prevent
roughly into three categories. abuse of this technology
The first contains those who against the humanity and the
would project from the mankind and also against the
capabilities generated by religion and the prestige of it.
information technology where We know that how the
the information age might go. extremist and terrorist groups
Let's call these people are using the web against the
technologists. Prominent in this real message of the religion.
category would be Microsoft's While the real and
Bill Gates. His best-selling progressive religions like Islam
book—The Road Ahead—is a and Christianity and Judaism
good example of suggesting are calling for passion and
how technological advances mercy and helping needy
might affect our lives in the people and poor and deprived
years ahead. people and encouraging Justice
