Question

One of the most important contributors to the Reformation was Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press: It made the Bible a best seller and fueled reformist movements. Do you think the Internet will have—or has already had—as dramatic an impact on our culture as the printing press did in Gutenberg’s era? Explain.

Answer 1

I personally don't feel the impact of internet can be as dramatic as the printing press of the past. The Gutenberg Bible was the first printed Bible!

Where today's generation has become very comfortable with the internet for gaining knowledge, dating, learning and so on, if we have to talk about the impact on our culture when compared to Gutenberg Era, I feel it cannot be that dramatic. In the past, the impact was seen as humans got to read the Bible for the first time, everything was a new invention, hence resulting to a impact. However, today, using internet isn't new to even a 5 year old kid, yes there may be impact on the culture today too in terms of knowing more about their own or other cultures, comparing facts etc and having a new frame of mind. But that depends on what one searches on internet, and not much people are interested in searching about culture or religion.