"If the adversary cannot entice us to misuse our physical bodies, then one of his most potent tactics is to beguile you and me as embodied spirits to disconnect gradually and physically from things as they really are. In essence, he encourages us to think and act as if we were in our premortal, unembodied state. And, if we let him, he can cunningly employ some aspects of modern technology to accomplish his purposes. Please be careful of becoming so immersed and engrossed in pixels, texting, ear buds, twittering, online social networking, and potentially addictive uses of media and the Internet that you fail to recognize the importance of your physical body and miss the richness of person‐to‐person communication. Beware of digital displays and data in many forms of computer‐mediated interaction that can displace the full range of physical capacity and experience... To feel the warmth of a tender hug from an eternal companion or to see the sincerity in the eyes of another person as testimony is shared—all of these things experienced as they really are through the instrument of our physical body—could be sacrificed for a high fidelity fantasy that has no lasting value."
A text message could never replace a hug, no matter how sincere or heartfelt. There is something about human interaction, in person, there together, that makes a huge difference. My cell phone can't hug me, neither can my computer; that is something that I sometimes need from a REAL person, have their arms around me, and to feel loved. Nothing, in my eyes could ever replace a hug. If I had to trade my phone in for the opportunity to be hugged everyday, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
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