Organized for the third time this year by Manisa Provincial Mufti in order to increase efficiency in religious services and contribute to the provision of effective and authentic religious services, Lokman Arslan, Head of Digital Publications Department of Presidency of Religious Affairs, and Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Theology Lecturer Assoc. Dr. The subject of ‘Digital world and our responsibilities’ was discussed at the Sermon and Guidance Workshop attended by Ahmet Dağ as a speaker.
Remarkable issues were shared in the 10-item final declaration of the Workshop, where many topics from metaverse to artificial intelligence were discussed. In the workshop, it was emphasized that the clergy should make preliminary preparations in order to use the medium in a good way, instead of standing against the metaverse.
Manisa Deputy Provincial Mufti Sevinç Tepekaya, who noted that extensive negotiations were held around the main topic of “Digital World and Our Responsibilities” during the workshop and that they benefited from sharing the decisions taken with the public, read the final declaration of the workshop. Articles 8 and 10 of the declaration included the following statements about cryptocurrencies and metaverse;
“Cryptocurrencies Have Negative Sides and Some Risks”
While there are some opportunities it offers, it also has some negative sides and some risks. It is open to speculation and manipulation, unfair gains and losses may arise as a result of excessive fluctuation, it has gained value very quickly recently, the total market value is still small when compared to the world financial markets, allowing large investors to manipulate the market, not under government control and guarantee are the negative aspects. Accordingly, it is necessary to stay away from the use of digital cryptocurrencies, which have serious uncertainties in their essence, have a high risk of deception and deception, therefore do not have any assurance and cause unfair and unjust enrichment of certain segments, such as practices known as the pyramid scheme in the public.
“Preliminary Preparations Should Be Made for the Metaverse”
Tepekaya, on the subject of metaverse in the 10th and last article of the Workshop, conveyed the following;
“The metaverse, a digital world where real and virtual merge in a science fiction vision and allow people to move between different devices and communicate in a virtual environment, brings with it many problems. Rather than standing up to the Metaverse and allowing it to have a terrible and bad effect, it is necessary to prepare for it, to make adjustments, to gain a place in that medium quickly, and to make preliminary preparations in order to use the medium in a good way. Although technology is being produced by certain forces today, it is a mistake to think that technologies will be the only version in someone’s hands. For this reason, it is necessary to evaluate the present in the best way and try to do better.”
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