Comments on: What You See Is NOT What You Get: The Word of God and Screen Technology https://reformedforum.org/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get-the-word-of-god-and-screen-technology/ Reformed Theological Resources Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:24:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Pierce https://reformedforum.org/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get-the-word-of-god-and-screen-technology/#comment-1392423 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:24:54 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=2628#comment-1392423 Thanks Thomas, I appreciate that. I can sympathize; I have my own pile of books to get through, and the pile never seems to get any smaller.

]]> By: Thomas https://reformedforum.org/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get-the-word-of-god-and-screen-technology/#comment-1391256 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:09:27 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=2628#comment-1391256 In reply to Pierce.

Yeah. I just wanted some quick thoughts, and they were helpful. If I weren’t buried in books already, I’d read yours if it were published.

]]> By: Pierce https://reformedforum.org/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get-the-word-of-god-and-screen-technology/#comment-1391158 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:15:44 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=2628#comment-1391158 In reply to Thomas Tkach.

Hey Thomas,

Thanks for your questions. The image vs. word debate is certainly involved, but you’re right to notice that the issue is not so simple. We view words on screens all the time, so that has to be accounted for; still, screens are dominated by image-based messages. I’ve written of this more fully in a book that I’m currently trying to have published (God and the Screen: A Critically Redemptive Approach to the Screen Medium). I just have to convince a publisher that people will read it 🙂

My short answer is, yes, the word-image issue is critical. Words, I would argue, are always used in redemptive history to interpret images correctly. Some argue that images are inherently “evil” or “deceptive.” I disagree with this. I think that Scripture celebrates the use of imagery, but only to the degree that those images are mediated, explained, and interpreted by words. In short, I think our current problem in a visual culture is not necessarily that our media are pervaded by images, but that we are letting the images themselves dictate meaning and conform us in a way that only words should. Does that help at all?

-Pierce

]]> By: Thomas Tkach https://reformedforum.org/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get-the-word-of-god-and-screen-technology/#comment-1391102 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:01:27 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=2628#comment-1391102 You alluded to this several times, but do you think the use of screens is tied to an even deeper issue of image vs. word. Screens can be used to display words (like pages in a book) and images, but they seem to more greatly enhance the intensity and virtual-reality-creating effect of the latter (moving images over still). Is the word-image issue a key to the wise use of screens?

Also, this page took forever to load, which was a great illustration, even if unintended!

]]> By: Camden Bucey https://reformedforum.org/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get-the-word-of-god-and-screen-technology/#comment-1390914 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:11:19 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=2628#comment-1390914 In reply to Cris Dickason.

That was my error, but I appreciate that you thought we were trying to teach a higher lesson. This is what happens when I try to multitask. I was formatting the footnotes while also sending my wife an email about a dinner place.

]]> By: Pierce https://reformedforum.org/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get-the-word-of-god-and-screen-technology/#comment-1390857 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:55:57 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=2628#comment-1390857 Cris,

We’re working this out now. Thanks for pointing it out! I promise no objective lesson was intended (I’m not that clever), and Poythress, to my knowledge, doesn’t typically post articles for the Coopers Hawk Winery. It should be fixed shortly. Thanks again.

-Pierce

]]> By: Cris Dickason https://reformedforum.org/what-you-see-is-not-what-you-get-the-word-of-god-and-screen-technology/#comment-1390737 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:31:06 +0000 http://reformedforum.wpengine.com/?p=2628#comment-1390737 An observation and question: I wanted to confirm the source for the quote re Trinity and language (guessing it was Dr. Poythress). On clickingh the footnote link, I found myself directed to Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant. Looks nice, and I’m a raptor fan, but fial to see the connection to a quote on the Trinity and language. I then see that notes 2 & 4 also point to Cooper’s Hawk.
https://coopershawkwinery.com/menus/restaurant-menu/chicken-specialties.php#_ftn4

So, the question is: is this a deliberate object lesson concerning digital media, a gag/lesson, or is there a problem?

I have screen captures to athenticate if needed.

-=Cris=-

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