The Internet, Not Gay Bishops Will Kill Off The Churches
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It would seem that, finally, a new religion is challenging all churches. This religion is information and communication technology (ICT) in the form of the Internet, mobile phones, iPods, and video games.
Even in the most religiously conservative societies, more people are spending more time on the Internet and with their mobile phones, than they do in church.
Research has also shown that too often, more people make a call or send an email message as a going-to-bed ritual, than say their prayers. An increasing number of people are becoming more distraught by the loss of their mobile phones than of their relatives – or parish priests.
There are those who think the Internet and mobile phone are the work of the Devil. They are partly right. After all, the Internet has paedophiles and pornography. But there are many extremely profitable sites on the Internet.
However, it took many years before companies and individuals could make money on the Internet. For a long time, no one was turning in a profit. Then, slowly, people figured out that the only exception were the pornography sites. Dirty it might be but, as Newsweek was to report, by studying the success of pornography sites, clean folks figured out how to sell books, financial services, and other important things to our lives over the Internet, and grow rich doing so.
So, how come the Internet is becoming the new religion? For starters, it is very democratic. Whether it is the old Catholic church in Africa with the Italian priest saying Mass with his back turned to the “natives”, or the dancing and screaming dodgy pastor wearing gold chains and wowing thousands at Uhuru Park, these churches have one thing in common – an authority figure.
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