Religious Groups Don't Need To 'Get Religion' When It Comes To Tech
from the a-time-tested-model dept
There have been plenty of stories about how religious groups are starting to embrace new technologies, but it would be a mistake to somehow characterize churches as perennial technological laggards. For over 2000 years, religious groups have had to reinvent themselves. Remember Vatican II? Or should that be Vatican 2.0? And churches have always understood the multi-channel approach, never worrying that Sunday-morning telecasts would hurt attendance and collection plate revenues. Meanwhile, the Bible remains a top seller despite the fact that nobody owns its contents. So it's really no surprise that religious content is being pushed through new media like cellphones and so-called "godcasts". Instead of being threatened by the ability of people to download salvation, pastors are fighting fire with fire -- producing viral videos that get people interested in going to church. Though there have been a few notable warnings condemning technology, it's nothing compared to the more radical rhetoric coming from many major media execs. So instead of being surprised that churches grok new technology, perhaps they have something to teach... other than the obvious stuff.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Blocking tomorrow's technology today?
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He said "Grok"...
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Found it...
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Hehehe
That started a huge firestorm of new threads about "improvements to Go" on rec.games.go, far more than I anticipated.
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Re: Hehehe
You must be new to usenet. In the interest of letting people without newsreaders follow what I'm saaying, I'll be linking to googlegroups.
Now, you created this bit of trollishness: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.go/browse_frm/thread/865111cfcbd8e5fb/5ba09e68b4bb610b?hl=e n#5ba09e68b4bb610b
26 replies and around 10 new threads on the subject.
Channeling a well known australian, let me say to you; that's not an arguement. *This* is an arguement:
http://groups.google.com/group/talk.origins/browse_frm/thread/009f5e8c98db2d22/b138226ab 6c55f1f?hl=en#b138226ab6c55f1f
"KT Boundr Event." 1720 replies.
Or this one:
http://groups.google.com/group/talk.origins/browse_frm/thread/233b91dc7c14f393/?hl=en#
Did Darwinism Smooth the Way for Nazi Ideology? 1063 replies.
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No, Sorry, but actually *This* is an argument
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:P
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You said it brother...
"Religious Groups Don't Need To 'Get Religion' When It Comes To Tech"
Here are some things that held Churches/Ministries back in times past, and still will for some...
Churches are usually known as cheapskates, so they get charged extra by proxie…
Thanks God there is a movement of churches that realize that in today's world, the most effective way to reach people with Gospel hasn't’t changed; It is still to get their attention, just the methods have changed. We live in a society that is technology driven, and we are competing with tv and the internet for their minds and souls.
The normal church is about as compelling to a young person as salad at an ice cream shop. people don’t even bat an eye. And it doesn't’t stop with young people. Every generation is tired and worn out on tradition and bull. People don’t need religion, they need to see Jesus in us, loving them.
To be effective soul winners, we have to be effective communicators. Technology is not the fix all its just a step in a direction that can touch them in their world.
Media and technology are way outside the churches comfort zone. They have to step out, take risks, and get outside the box. We will see some churches do a good job of this, while others abuse it... All in all though, its just a small step in a very large movement to connect with people in new ways.
note: I like how the article intends to emphasize the churches aptitude for change. Slightly delusional, but it made me smile :-)
- in all seriousness, I think we need to see allot more people just sharing Jesus and truth, than people taking up money and trying to run a catalog store...
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My compliments...
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the problem here would be the deffinition of "truth" ;)
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I'll trade you one "space" for one each "f" and "l"
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Tech Savy Churches
Think about how revolutionary the printing press was. The very first book printed was the Bible!
Today's new technology is peer 2 peer file sharing (ala BitTorrent).
If you go to my website you will see a cool example of how we can use today's technology to deliver messages from the past. I have 5 years of Dr. J. Vernon McGee's radio show "Thru The Bible" recorded in the 1970's.
I have full permission from the content providers to distribute the files.
http://readthetruth.clom/bm
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http://readthetruth.com/bm
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