The article I found this week is about Pope Benedict XVI trying to spread the word about God. He is planning on doing this by having his priests get online and create blogs about God. Benedict believed that if they used every online tool to preach that they could reach many people about religion. Not only would they create blogs they wanted to post images, videos, websites, and much more. Pope Benedict XVI has noticed that Twitter is a growing site and that many important people are using it. He believes that Twitter will also be a great way to express their love for God. Many believe that Catholics lag in the multimedia word, so this way they are able to catch up with media. Benedict stated that being on the Internet “doesn't mean that (every priest) must open a blog or a Web site. It means that the church and the faithful must engage in this ministry in a digital world."
I strongly believe in what Pope Benedict XVI is doing. Many people in our society today have become lazy and have stopped attending church. This technology advance would give people the option to still believe and follow God online. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=80542 stated that the Internet “has seen the technological convergence of digital multimedia, information and communications. It has had an enormous impact on social activities as well as the academic and political circles.” I believe that this could impact society in a good or bad way. This could help people continue to follow the word of God. It could help by spreading the word of God online and the bible could be more accessible. One way this could be bad is that more people will stop going to church and reside to hearing Gods word online. All in all I feel this will help spread the word of God and hopefully this technology will not have a bad effect on the attendance in churches.
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