Christ wrote with one finger, did He have an Ipad?

Does anybody write in cursive writing anymore? Has email and texting killed a centuries old communication method?

I was surprised to learn a few years ago that cursive writing is no longer emphasized in many schools. Gone are the days when handwriting was considered a necessary skill. Then teachers took the time to guide a students hand to help them learn to form the letters as they placed their thoughts on paper using pen and ink.

Pen and ink? What's that? Many in this generation have never seen a fountain pen; what's it used for? Many hotels no longer feature writing paper and pens in desk drawers. Who writes when they can text.

Cursive writing is key to the soul. Handwriting experts agree that our handwriting provides keys to who we are, how we feel and what we think. These keys are hidden in the shapes, loops and curves of our letters. Just as a shaky or warbly signature indicates an elderly or sickly person, cursive writing gives clues, too.

The cursive writing gives love letters and diary entries a feel that typing or script cannot do. A typed or printed letter is not as revealing as a cursive written letter. The former is personal, the latter is more formal and businesslike.

Today there is email, texting and tweeting. It's faster and often written without thought and is often oblivious to syntax or spelling. Cursive requires a slower contemplative pace. Today's generation says cursive is too slow.

Today, it's used mostly for signatures, but digital signatures are now legal. Soon signatures will be out, too.

If cursive is not taught, how will this generation read historical documents, or personal notes?

In the past they wrote because they could not type or text. It could be that handwriting as we know it will soon fade away.

God wrote the 10 commandments with his own finger. Jesus wrote in Hebrew. John 8:6 "...Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not."

Today, they would have used an Ipad; they can write on it with one finger. Maybe they would have used a smart phone and used two thumbs.

The death of cursive writing seems such a loss!