One of the most startling effects of technology on religion is the influence of speed. The mind and body are so overwhelmed by noise and speed and the violence of events that a bulldozer razing buildings to the ground attracts more attention than a passerby or the trees growing. We all like to ride in a fast car even if we have no destination in mind; speed takes away the destination and purpose from the mind. One is so fascinated by speed that one doesn't care how it works. The technology of today depends on speed in order to be successful. The email is taking the place of the stamped mail because it is free and almost instantaneous. Airliners of today fly at more than the speed of sound, cars of today are travelling at more than a seventy miles per hour. Everyday, technology is making everything faster and faster. Marcel wrote on the effects of speed of the spirit.

"There is something inimical to the spirit in speed. Speed develops its own mystique, its own satisfactions. It is generated by the machine and by a peculiar nemesis, humans assume the accelerated tempo of the technical apparatus until it becomes compulsive." 3

When speed is immersed into all human activities, like his sports, his education where he wants a bachelor degree in three years or less, or his business and industry, where he wants to make a million dollars in profit in less than a year.This is a thoroughly unreflective manner of haste-ridden living. Religion does not grow in such a climate; its roots need depth, and depth only comes from paying attention to things as they happen.  

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  3"Gabriel Marcel Ed. "Technology and Christian culture" Robert Mohan
Washington The catholic university of America press. 1960