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Pope Promotes Christian Netiquette

Posted by samzenpus on from the divine-friend-request dept.

angry tapir writes "Pope Benedict XVI Monday gave his blessing to social networking, urging Catholic Internet users to adopt a respectful Christian netiquette when spreading the Gospel online. The pope said new technologies were creating unprecedented opportunities for establishing relationships and building fellowship but warned against creating false online profiles out of vanity or diluting the Christian message to achieve popularity."

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  1. Good Christian Netiquette.... by sunderland56 · · Score: 1, Funny

    is not to 'friend' young boys.

  2. Praying by gfreeman · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It is important always to remember that virtual contact cannot and must not take the place of direct human contact with people at every level of our lives."

    Said the pope, just before praying to god

    --
    Ceci n'est pas un sig.
  3. 'friend' thy neighbor? by david.emery · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thou shalt friend thy neighbor as thyself

  4. Re:I have many issues with the by Nadaka · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jesus is real. He mows my lawn and comes from Guatemala.