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Posted by michael on from the it-has-been-one-week-since-my-last-virtual-confession dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "It's Sunday and some of you might go to a church. But starting on May 11, and for a duration of three months, you'll be able to go to a virtual church. Only the building, with its altar and pews, will be virtual. The preacher, congregation and prayers will be real, according to this BBC News article, 'Glimpse inside the virtual church.' This experiment is launched by a Christian website, Ship of Fools, and will be named Church of Fools. Even with such a foolish name, the virtual church project has been approved by the church hierarchy. This overview contains other details and references about the Church of Fools project."

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  1. talk about heresy by QEDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now you can go to church, read /. and watch pr0n all at the same time.

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    "There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
    1. Re:talk about heresy by Xeo+024 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, but the real question is will I still be safe from Catholic Priests?

  2. Brilliant Idea by Law-Eagle · · Score: 4, Funny

    I predict this will be the first of thousands, including a few dodgy ones based in Nigeria (oops did I just give someone an idea).

  3. Never been done before... by asobala · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...no one has built an interactive 3D church environment before - complete with gothic arches and hard wooden pews."

    HAVE YOU NEVER PLAYED DEUS EX???

  4. Confession? by MrIrwin · · Score: 5, Funny
    Come on now....own up to your virtual sins. Otherwise you will be sent to Dante's virtual inferno where BSD deamons are condemmed to burn Windows CD's for eternity and SCO executives abound to slap lawsuits on everthing you do.

    Sorry, I'm getting a bit carried away.

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    And if you thought that was boring you obviously havn't read my Journal ;-)

  5. Hmmm... by Huxley_Dunsany · · Score: 3, Funny
    So... if I fail to attend online church, do I go to virtual hell when I die?


    Huxley

    1. Re:Hmmm... by BeatlesForum.com · · Score: 4, Funny

      I don't know, but I hear Heck is the place people go to that don't believe in Gosh.

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      When millions disappear from earth, it's not aliens, it's the rapture.
  6. Re:Religion is for the week-minded by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quite. We've got church once a week...

  7. ObLink... by Aardpig · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...to the best Church site on the net: Landover Baptist Church. Praise the Lord!

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    Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
  8. Re:WWJD? by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not religious in the slightest. But I suppose if there were popups abound on the site, it would show once and for all that Mozilla is the holier browser. ;-)

  9. Re:Religion is for the week-minded by fejikso · · Score: 5, Funny

    And what is left for those of us that are month-minded?

  10. Re:This is not just for laughs by Colonel+Cholling · · Score: 5, Funny

    would love to go to a church on Sundays but can't (e.g., those who are sick, those who live in rural areas)?

    Uh, what rural areas are you talking about? I used to live in an unincorporated town in Mississippi. It was seven miles to the nearest gas station, and there were no fast food restaurants or video rental stores. But we had three churches. Believe me, the places that are too rural to support churches are probably too rural to support internet access. Or electricity.

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    I am Sartre of the Borg. Existence is futile.
  11. Confessional by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bless me, father, for I have spammed...

  12. Re:Virtually real by Colonel+Cholling · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean, they're worshipping a deity who isn't real, in order to gain admission to a place, Heaven, that isn't real and avoid being sent by their unreal but supposedly loving God to another place, Hell, that isn't real, where they would be tortured for eternity by an entity, Satan, who isn't real.

    You're a bot, aren't you?

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    I am Sartre of the Borg. Existence is futile.
  13. The Future of Religion by DJ+Super+Dulce · · Score: 3, Funny
    I hope this works out and we'll soon see chat room wedding ceremonies. Weddings these days are so expensive. It would be much easier if we just decorated an electronic chapel, got cheap eDesigner Dresses, and gave Amazon.com gift certificates. Instead of hiring a band and violinist, I'll just pop over to the iTunes stores and pick up some tunes.

    I guess the only downside is that people would probably expect the ceremony to be consumated by cybersex.

  14. Semi-serious question by Lifewish · · Score: 3, Funny

    So do they consecrate the server as holy ground or what? I'm not even gonna think about baptisms.

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    For the love of God, please learn to spell "ridiculous"!!!
  15. please keep it on a separate network by silicongodcom · · Score: 4, Funny

    from my SimState

  16. For those using linx... by stienman · · Score: 4, Funny

    The colection basket has been passed to you. There are no exits because you chose to sit in the middle of the pew. What do you want to do?

    Donate O$5 O$10 @$50 via PayPal
    Deftly pass it along while hanging your head in virtual shame

    -Adam

  17. This is BRILLIANT! +5 Flame by Any+Web+Loco · · Score: 5, Funny

    An imaginary world where people can go to an imaginary church to talk to their imaginary god.

    Oh flame away...