Islam is the ultimate tradition so it may not be such a bad thing being called a ‘traditionalist’?

That picture of the Minaret and the dishes really is something though!!!

I just dropped my cuneiform Ramadan clay tablet timetable on top of my spanky new shiny rotary-dial cordless phone from Radio Shack while pulling that sujud in Surah Seven listening to Al-Basit on 8-track.

Now how am I supposed to know when to stop eating sahoor?

oh.

right.

that urdu/desi fajr morning show on AM radio.

Never mind.

I think the challenges you’re facing have been faced by several generations before us, but not necessarily with the same frequency. Before, substantial changes that caused tectonic shifts in the way society operated came around relatively infrequently. The “Gutenberg press” and the subsequent slow-but-sure proliferation of books. I mean I’m sure when books started coming around, there were some people who said they preferred the feel of rolled parchment or papyrus scrolls.

When cars came about, I’m sure a lot of people looked at them strangely and still preferred to sit on a horse or in a horse-drawn buggy or carriage.

Yes, there will be a time when I’ll be wearing contact lens that can project video images seemingly just a few feet in front of me but only my eyes can see them, and those contact lens will have wireless uplinks so I can be connected to the internet 24/7. Even when I’m sleeping with my eyelids closed, I can be watching TV. There’ll be a time when you’ll literally be able to plug into a Matrix-style virtual world that looks and feels like the real world. And I’m sure that a time will come when even such outrageous technologies will be considered ancient and out-dated.

Being able to unplug and disconnect from such ubiquitous devices is based on on what extent your expectations of life and people around you depends on being so uber-connected. If you’ve been raised from babyhood right up to an adult surrounded by all sorts of gadgets and connectivity options, then disengaging from these in order to go back to simpler times is going to be extremely hard, not unlike trying to get a crack addict to disengage from his addiction on his own.

We’re seeing the inexorable march of humanity’s technological development. I won’t call it advancement or evolution because these developments bring new diseases and challenges with them that were never around before – such as texting-while-driving, which apparently renders your concentration level far lower than if you were simply drunk.

But alhamdulillah I think what’s important to remember is, can we still implement the principles of our deen, and do we still have the chance to connect with our Creator? Yes, we do. And connecting with Him trumps all the disconnected, simple-lifestyle choices one can make by turning off their cellphones and computers.

The first picture is really with the house on top of the skyscraper is really cool!

I saw that original list of things kids may never know and its pretty scary…but its also life. There are alot of things that OUR generation doesent know about, but our parents do. With every technology we just have to remember not to let that technology rule us. That being said I think people like to be connected to others and thats why people always have a cellphone/check facebook often/have satellite.

I personally think its a positive thing to want to know what your friends/family/neighbors are doing…these modern technologies are a way for humans to further communicate. Its definitely an improvement from the days where you had to wait 5 days for a letter to come in the mail or when the only news you saw was from your own neighborhood, or if you got stranded at the mall and you dont have a quarter all is not lost.

….I do agree with you on the Ebooks thing….nothing can replace and acutal book.

ps: If Lost and Heroes are on at the same time….you just have to watch both