It began with Adam. He was created and given authority over the earth and all creatures on it. But God saw that it was not good for man to be alone, so He created Eve. This was the beginning of human relationships. They grew from there - husband and wife; parent and child; siblings; friendship; dating relationships; and the list goes on.

Ideally, these relationships would be acted out in a personal basis, but we've become an impersonal society with the dawn of the technological revolution. The television means we find our entertainment from those in Hollywood rather than the person sitting on the couch next to us. The computer means we find our advice from those faceless typists from cyberspace rather than sucking it up and showing our best friends that we're not perfect.

I saw a show this morning on the television that in conversation about the iPod mentioned that people aren't talking while exercising anymore. They're throwing on their headphones and cycling away, even though they never move any further away from the person next to them.

When did we become so impersonal? The phone's taken to the wayside as we just send an instant message to see if the person's willing to get together to go for coffee. It's not uncommon to see 6 people in a room all on laptops chatting with each other or listening to their mp3 players. Where has conversation gone? Where has intimate knowledge of those closest to us disappeared to?

Instead, we've transformed ourselves into a digital society where the only way to communicate is through text and the only way to judge our self-worth is through how many people are a part of our social networks on Facebook or MySpace.

Could we be at a place where we've lost the true ideals of community, friendship, and relationships?

Just one question: If this is true, is it worth it?