Saturday, March 15, 2008

Technology Gone Religious?

So has religion really caught up with technology, that we can now reach out to God online? No more going to church for confession and having to shiver in our shoes, thinking, "I wonder how shocked would the priest be with my sins?" or perhaps finding out which priest is in which confessional booth to make sure we get the more "cooler" priest? Well not exactly according to the American Catholic Church. But then again, I leave you guys to decide on that.
On the website ivescrewedup.com, a woman now in her thirties "confessed" that she stole 15 grand from her family, another person said that he's committed murder and so many more has turned to this method of confession.
So how are they granted the absolution of sins? Sheesh, I really don't know. I guess it's more to get it off their chest if anything without having to think whether or not the priest listening to your confession judge you. Of course they're not suppose to do it, but human nature says we simply can't help the thought. I know I for one sometimes replace saying a humiliating sin with "for all these sins and the sins which I have forgotten", although that, come to think about it is a sin in itself. But we can't help feeling low and ashamed to saying the real thing.
Another one of this religious online outreach website would be LifeChurch.Tv. It looks less serious compared to the previous site and more organizational kind of website. In other words more friendlier compared to the first one. So go religious online and decide if it's Religion Gone Wired or Technology Gone Religious.

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