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Pope Urges Priests To Go Forth and Blog
Hugh Pickens writes "Pope Benedict XV, whose own presence on the Web has grown in recent years, is urging priests to use all multimedia tools at their disposal to preach the Gospel and to engage in dialogue with people of other religions and cultures. 'The spread of multimedia communications and its rich "menu of options" might make us think it sufficient simply to be present on the Web,' but priests are 'challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources,' says the Pope. The message from the Pope, prepared for the World Day of Communications, suggests such possibilities as images, videos, animated features, blogs, and Web sites and adds that young priests should become familiar with new media while still in seminary, though the Pope stresses that the use of new technologies must reflect theological and spiritual principles. Many priests and top prelates already interact with the faithful online, and one of Benedict's advisers has his own Facebook profile. So does the archbishop of Los Angeles. The Pope adds, 'I renew the invitation to make astute use of the unique possibilities offered by modern communications. May the Lord make all of you enthusiastic heralds of the Gospel in the new "agorà" which the current media are opening up.'"
I thought that there had been an effort to keep sex offenders away from social networking technology...
> There is open source religion, its called a bunch of arrogant atheists, grouped together on electronic machines spewing their hatred for something they don't care about, just wanting to destroy it for their own selfish pleasure.
The idea that doing something for the greater good should feel like a sacrifice is a particularly stupid religious delusion.
Hey! He cued me!
Just like catholic priests are queuing up behind altar boys.
You are welcome on my lawn.
There is open source religion, its called a bunch of arrogant atheists, grouped together on electronic machines spewing their hatred for something they don't care about, just wanting to destroy it for their own selfish pleasure.
Hang on a tick while I hang my broom up and take the cauldron off the boil...
By "spewing hatred" you mean what exactly? Seems to me the simple statement that there is no god is a statement of hate; that the mere disagreement with religious opinion is a crime. That's the point of the Irish situation; that simple disagreement with religion is considered a criminal offence.
The "militant" atheists do no more than talk. They don't fly planes into buildings, stone people to death, throw acid into the faces of young ladies, vandalise churches (that is reserved for the religious it appears), flay the skin off living people or any of the other atrocities performed against people who dare disagree with the predominant religion.
If you accuse me of hating a entity capable of such hideous crimes as genocide; killing men women and children without mercy and destroying the life on an entire planet, then yeah I guess I'm guilty as charged.
You may believe as you wish, no matter how repugnant and repulsive the tyrant you worship. I won't stop or harm you. Unlike your religious brethren who are prepared to kill others for their beliefs.
My previous reply was too terse, I think. What on Earth did you expect to happen? Here I am, a young kid, and I found out this person I was supposed to trust was doing terrible things to other people my age. And I, a 10 year old, was supposed to think spiritually at that moment? It's my fault? You people are fucking sick, and I'm glad I left. Thanks a lot for all the support you gave me back when this occurred, i.e. none at all. At the time, I figured nobody came to talk to us because they were all too busy fucking boys in the ass. Fuck the Catholic Church.