Walking With Him

The Digital Divide arises because information spreads out drastically through Internet technology. Those who easily have access to the Internet obtain information rapidly. The more information they get the easier the power of the information they control or even manipulate. Due to the resources more accessible, eventually they move up to the top of “the control center” conveniently. On the contrary those who have no access to information will lose their competitiveness. The disparity between two groups will become larger and larger in terms of education and social economics. “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer” is a catchphrase in describing the bitter reality of economic inequality.

We have heard that education is the way to remove poverty or to change a person’s life. Education indeed is the great access to a new world, to broadening one’s horizons of knowledge and to opening one’s mind. However, digital technology still plays a major role in modern education. The digital divide could lead to “the educational divide.”

What is the key to abolishing all of the divides and helping people to reach the true equality? It is through the teaching of the Bible that human beings return to God and understand they are created in God’s image and equal in his sight. Only then can we treat each other as brothers and sisters, God’s dear children.