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Monday, July 30, 2007
Religion in cyberspace
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When the first radio preachers came along it seemed odd to some. Then TV ministries followed - and the range of ministries included conventional services along with some that seemed very unconventional.
Next? Well, we should have known it would happen - based on how religion has followed technology from radio, to TV. Now the online world is becoming a new frontier for religion.
I’ll link to a story here that talks about the Catholic Church’s move into cyberspace. The idea isn’t new and has been the topic of many news stories. The new in this story is a move into a well-known online world called Second Life.
That online community already has a full-time reporter - for Reuters if I remember correctly - covering it. Now an article in a Vatican approved publication urges that Catholics join in the game and use it to convert some of the players.
All this sounds strange but so did - at the time - radio and TV ministries.
What do you think?
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