Would a radio in the days of Jesus helped to spread the word of God better?

Question

Well people would have had virtually instant access to the communications of Jesus, however whether God's word would have been spread better through this modern medium is debatable. People them days and certainly people nowadays are stuck in their regular habits in life which are very difficult to change, if the people want to change anyway. It's very easy to just press the button and listen to a music show rather than listen to the teachings of Jesus Christ, which to most people in our secular world I'm sure would sound like 'hard work', where when people relax and play they certainly don't want Jesus and moral preaching upsetting their day out.
We have Satellite TV and the God Channel. Most people would skip that. Computer online TV Christian shows. No they would skip that. Internet Gospel radio, definitely no to that. This friends is nowadays, and would have very probably have been in the days of Jesus to.
Radio and Christian broadcasts light up my dim world.
I suppose a lot of the readers of this would state the opposite, listening to a Jesus radio broadcast would make their world dimmer. At this point though, these people have the free option of switching off and they don't. They seem to build their belief on listening to that broadcast and 'putting it and it's fellow believers down'. This puzzles me, wouldn't it be easier to just switch off and mind ones own business.
So back to the point of question, would a radio in the days of Jesus helped to spread the word of God better? My answer is no.
What's yours?
Please leave comments below whether Christian or not where I will judge the best one.
Regards.

Answer 1

I'm gonna be an 'evil secularist' in this, but i'm sure you'll manage to get through :) or skip to the bottom paragraph for the answer.



Well first, if people are skipping their 'moral' teachings, maybe their's a good reason? (there are a number actually, but off topic)

Second, you know what would have helped spread Jesus' teachings, if he had been born in Asia or china, where people could read and write. But no, god decide the best place to go was a barbaric, brutal and bloody part of the world. What a better place to be brutally tortured to forgive those you made sinful (wtf there?)

Its not that people choose the easy way to live, as you're pretty much saying, its just that people are far too busy helping others and improving the world, or yes, sometimes the opposite, to find the time to listen to the same lessons which, after 6000+ years of doctrine and preaching, have yet to show any desirable results (though the religious will say that was man, not god, to which i reply, then where the hell is he?). But of course, your religion will tell you to pass what i'm saying away as evil secular devil working. But i'm rather confident on my position, and allowed to get rather annoyed (frowny face >:( )



And, also to the point, a radio certainly would have enabled many people to hear Jesus'' teachings (assuming he had access to one as did his listeners), but as you've pointed out, just because people could listen, doesn't mean they want to listen. But as Jesus was teaching what many people wanted to hear (that's why the emphasis on "the meek will inherit the earth" and "They [the prosecutors] will not inherit the kingdom of god" is so profound) there certainly would have been more people potential listeners. But that said, who would own the radios? the successful/well-off? ( Then they would have little reason to follow his teachings, eye of the needle and all that.) or are they like cheap mobiles today and anyone could buy them?

Answer 2

If by "spreading God's word" you mean spreading the BS spewed out by institutional religion then I think you're fighting an uphill battle. Due to the extreme number of skeptical, freethinking, atheist, agnostic and counter-apologetic websites; it has become next to impossible to convince any one of Christianity. Today Churches should be thankful for the members they have and hope most people remain so lazy and illiterate they won't double check the facts.

Answer 3

people don't see god in a black box, but in the smile and hands of the faithful. "blessed are the feet..."

Answer 4

No