September 14, 2014, 8:00 amUpdated: December 8, 2015, 5:42 pm
Bishop sad at death of real friends.
Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter threaten the existence of real friendships, a senior church leader has warned.
The Right Reverend Robert Atwell, the Bishop of Exeter, said he empathised with the Queen who is recently said to have decried the sea of mobile phone cameras which greet her public appearances.
The cleric said he was concerned the increased presence of technology was eroding the use of traditional and personal forms of communication like letters.
The bishop said: “I think one of the things I’m genuinely sad about is that Facebook and everything else, like Twitter, is great, provided that it’s not a substitute for real relationships and meeting people.
“As a society we have to have flexibility in the way we communicate. Modern technology is a great servant provided that it doesn’t become our master.”
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