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Pope Promotes Christian Netiquette
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."
Catholic Church, but this make me happy.
Religion would bother me a lot less if the people practicing it were polite.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
"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.
Well, he was elected. . .linkity,
and he is the head of the Catholic Church, so he does have the authority to remind Catholics to behave online.
As for the other ad-hominems, I'll just leave them alone.
Vatican City is an independent country. He is its Head of State by virtue of being elected Pope. So, he is an elected politician and a head of state. just because you disagree with the basic premise of his State and his authority doesn't make it go away, so deal with it. I'm not Catholic, I don't give a crap what he has to say either, but I'm not bitter that he's saying it. Its not like anyone who can affect my life actual listens to him, like Pat Robertson and his so-called "Christian Coalition" bullshit.
I think Wicca for instance is just as much bullshit as Christianity, but so far they don't seem to be trying to force anything on me, so I haven't had a reason to protest against them.
I'm perfectly fine with people having private irrational beliefs and staging elaborate ceremonies with scented candles (or whatever the Wicccans do on a regular basis). Now when people start trying to impose their religion on the rest of society, that's when I start having a very big problem with it.
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.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Don't "poke" them either.
anti-Judaic? anti-Islamic? Right here on Slashdot. Go back and read about the Israel/Palestine peace talk leaks. There's a lot of quite nasty rhetoric going both ways from people who claim to be disinterested parties.
You seem to think that the only person saying nasty things about other religions is Christians. You're quite wrong. This doesn't excuse the Christians who *are* spouting nonsense, but it applies equally well to anybody of any religious orientation.
What he says is that catholics is not the same as christians - it's one of many sub-groups. It's like saying that Volvo is a car, but a car doesn't have to be a Volvo!
This is blinging
I think these will eventually evolve, but I'd like to see *more* organized pushes to set some standards. I've been a net denizen since around '91 and many of the issues I see people struggling with (or at least not appreciating the consequences of) I've already been through. Things like firing off that quick, snide comment, the persistence of any statements you make, privacy, etc. I'm by no means perfect or Lawful Good on the interwebz, but I at least understand what can happen every time I interact online.
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!