Virtual Reality Cannot Give Us the Love We Need, by Constance T. Hull

By Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange, July 18, 2024

Constance T. Hull is a wife, mother, homeschooler, and a graduate with an M.A. in Theology with an emphasis in philosophy. Her desire is to live the wonder so passionately preached in the works of G.K. Chesterton and to share that with her daughter and others.

The startling moment when former president Donald Trump was nearly assassinated on live television reveals in a clear and dramatic way how deeply divided we have become in the U.S. This division is also sweeping across Europe as France experienced violent riots during their recent elections and still has not formed a new government. Our culture is collapsing because we have chosen to live like our culture rather than as devout disciples of Jesus Christ.

One of the ways—I have struggled with this too—is that we ceded too much of our lives to a virtual world that so often leads us away from God and away from reality itself. We gave our children over to technology without considering the consequences. Whether it is depression and suicide or increasingly more hostile and violent riots, the damage phone and technology-based childhoods has done is now coming to the forefront. …

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