My Confession of Religion surfing

I came across an interesting link about religion and the internet. It was after 9-11 but I am sure some of it still holds true. Or else I would not be up writing this blog entry.

Religion Surfers

I can only speculate at the future of religion in Cyberspace and church life. The internet is fastly growing into a prime source of spreading information to large groups of people. It also stores and makes information so very accessable. We take it for granted. This story is 6 years old, even before wiki was big.

The web is able to be searched very effectly to. You don't have to be as well read or hunt through books. I admit that I am a big googler and a wikipedian. The quality and quantity of what is online is also improving. This raises some issues to discuss.

First, new sources of error arise. There will be an overload of lies and heresies that are no longer isolated by geography or by number. The people influence by them will be more informed than before by strong delusions. The pastors of a local church will have to be more educated likewise to refute theses errors or let them drift further into them.

Second, the truth is out. (No, not like the x-files.) This will open up doors for those who live with lies. It thus serves as a medium for advancing the truth and the Gospel.

Third, it will speed up the business of how Religion is done.

Fourth, there will be a greater source of information to help pastors and the laymen alike. (Thank God for public domain)

Fifth, there may be more latitudinarians who will not care in what one believes. This is the lazy way out of information overload.

Sixth, there will be religion surfers out trying to educate themselves on these things as the article mentions.