Don't worry...Oprah and Dr. Phil will tell us how to think, right?

So, yesterday at school, my students and I discussed an interesting and unfortunate phenomenon. We talked about the fact that we live in a nonliterate society. All that means is that our society is actually literate (people can read and write), but we choose not to read or write. We choose instead to learn via images. We allow ourselves to be educated by our television sets and computer screens. We also learn from the spoken word via the radio. While there are certainly advantages to these types of learning, what are the problems that come from a society that is nonliterate? Answer the question in two ways. First, answer the question in a general way. What effect does this have on society on general? What are the positive or negative effects of nonliteracy on society? Second, answer the question with regard to the church. Why would it be good or bad to have a nonliterate congregation?