Amen, brutha! I couldn’t have said it better myself. In regard to the questions you posed, I would say the first premise that needs to be accepted to have a meaningful discussion on question one, is if they believe human nature is inherently good and altruistic, or inherently evil and self-serving. I would posit it’s the latter.

The second one I can only answer to the extent that I’m dealing with it at my own church. We don’t yet have a blog or comments thereupon, but I’m using technology primarily as an informational tool to attract people to visit the church, and once face-to-face personal contact has been made, that’s when the discipleship seeds are planted, and the journey down the road to greater wisdom (hopefully) begins.