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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. Re:The pope should just shut the fuck up. by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And Iran's election was at least representative. When you look at the way the Pope is elected, you'll quickly notice that it doesn't even make fake attempts at resembling democracy.

    The Pope is elected by the cardinals. Which are in turn appointed by the Pope. There's nothing any "ordinary" catholic contributes to that election.

    Just a gentle reminder that "elected" doesn't necessarily mean that the process has anything to do with what we consider Democracy.

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