"The Lord's plan is to advance ever more rapidly His word and His works. These buildings have been built to take advantage of the wonderful and miraculous technology that will allow the university and Church to reach the hearts and minds of members and friends across the world."
- President Henry B. Eyring
We, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are a record-keeping people. We believe in documenting everything, for "whatsoever [we] record on earth shall be recorded in heaven, and whatsoever [we] do not record on earth shall not be recorded in heaven" (Doctrine and Covenants 128:8). We have records for family history, personal saving ordinances, patriarchal blessings, general conference addresses, finances, member records, ward and stake statistics, etc. The Church as an organization could not have become what it is today without computers to maintain, access, modify, and append to this data.
God sees all, but remembers little. Thus, he has his followers write down events for him, for who can be bothered to keep track of all this?
ReplyDeleteIt is certainly difficult to see how any global organization could handle management without modern technology.
ReplyDeleteMakes me glad that I chose to be a computer scientist. With so many opportunities to use my knowledge for good things, I feel very needed.
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