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7/15/11 First entry, stardate 2011, Patrick Here. I am so glad I finally have a topic, there are two things that I plan to include in my project that were not mentioned in my proposal. First, I believe Love needs to be used as a litmus when considering if something is morally or ethically sound in our tecno world. I mean the love for our fellows, the greatest commandment, love one another, love thy neighbor as thyself. If I am in doubt as to which direction a techno issue is headed, I will use this as the test. Karma, is also very similar to this, and I imagine their are other similar concepts in many of the worlds cultures and religions. Secondly, oh well I think that's enough don't you? In case you have not noticed, I feel it necessary to not view the world from a Christian-centric perspective, especially since we are a minority on the planet and this world wide web will soon be sporting translation software for free. Journal on humans! Peace out. patrick

7/19/11 OK, I have heard some feedback on my comment about not viewing the world from a Christian-centric persective. Please allow me to explain a bit more about what I mean. Everyone has their faith, and or their religion. Is yours any more right than mine or vice versa? Is your faith the one true faith? Your God the one true god? Many of us believe this. Does this mean the other person is wrong or should be judged on this basis? In the spirit of love and ecumenism, I submit that we one can and probably should be Christ centered in their faith, if they are Christian, but if a particular faith insists that their perspective needs to be followed or adopted by everyone else, where is the love? Where is the greatest commandant in action, love thy neighbor as thyself. If we are centric at all, how are we doing unto others what we would have them do unto us? The popular and notable author of the late 19th century,Henry Drummond, proposes a treatise on love, and it's importance in relation to all the other important things like the faith and hope that Paul writes about in the New Testament.

[We have been accustomed to be told that the greatest thing in the religious world is Faith. That great word has been the key-note for centuries of the popular religion; and we have easily learned to look upon it as the greatest thing in the world. Well, we are wrong. If we have been told that, we may miss the mark. I have taken you, in the chapter which I have just read, to Christianity at its source; and there we have seen, "The greatest of these is love." It is not an oversight. Paul was speaking of faith just a moment before. He says, "If I have all faith, so that I can remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. "So far from forgetting, he deliberately contrasts them, "Now abideth Faith, Hope, Love," and without a moment's hesitation, the decision falls, "The greatest of these is Love."] I think Henry Drummond would use Love as a litmus for our moral and ethical dilemmas on the internet and he would have faith and hope that things would work themselves out, and not try to control others. I believe that a "Centric" person, of any kind, is not loving their fellow man, they are imposing their will on them in a selfish from and this is not love. I believe we may be called to live our faith and offer hope and most of all to love, but we are not called to live others faith and hope for them. This is what I meant by being cautious of the Christian-Centric Perspective. Lovingly submitted, Patrick 7/19/11 visited amandas journal 7/20/11 THE INTERNET should be regulated to curb its immoral excesses, according to Nicolas Sarkozy, who made the statement on a visit to the Pope.

"There's no liberty without rules. The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, the most cynical, it's contrary to the values of liberté, egalité, fraternité, it's counter to civilisation," said the president while at the Vatican.

Sarkozy has already talked of regulating the internet. In January, he called for a global strategy to "clean up the network", including the use of filtering tools.

http://www.connexionfrance.com/Sarkozy-control-internet-immorality-pope-12150-view-article.html 7/20/11 Visited Debs journal

7/21/11 //What is the Moral Compass?// //What some of the other folks out there believe.// http://www.religioustolerance.org/statbelief.htm 7/22/11 visited brians journal

7/24/11 Are you evangelical or ecumenical in your faith, which one do you lean towards? This is a fundamental question that I hope to answer in the form of a survey during the early part of my project. I will also ask the participants in my presentation the following questions. What does heaven mean to you? Is it a place the righteous go to after their life is over or could it be a kingdom of god here on earth while you are alive? What is more important to you grace or glory? 7/24/11 Visited Beb, Amandas and Brians journal 7/25/11 Looked at more meanings for key terms, preparing questionnaire for project-not survey- 7/27/11 continued work on project, finishing up 7/29/11 visited all of my colleagues wiki pages and journal pages, 7/31/11 working on project