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And the Lord Said, 'Let There Be Free Wi-Fi' (gizmodo.com)
Germany doesn't have free wi-fi at most places, especially because a German law holds the network provider accountable for any illegal activity on their network. But moving forward, the country is getting free wi-fi called "Godspots" at 3,000 churches and other religious places. From an article on Quartz: The service was launched in advance of the 500th anniversary of theologian Martin Luther's infamous protest of corrupt practices by the Catholic clergy, which ultimately led to the Protestant Reformation. The event will be commemorated across Germany next year. The wifi service is also a strategic move to draw young people back into Germany's glorious, but mostly underutilized, churches and cathedrals. Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz's IT manager Fabian Blatner says Godspot aligns with the church's mission to foster community. "People are no less spiritual than before," Blatner believes, "but the places of communication have shifted. Much takes place in digital social networks and communities. With Godspot we want to build a Protestant Church [that serves as] a safe and familiar abode in the digital world." EKBO says Godspot's connections will be secure and it will not be collecting any information about users or bombarding them with ads. Well, except for a landing page featuring "topics of faith and life."
that's where God is i guess
For Catholic priests to view child porn, provides plausible deniability.
What about "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wifi?"
Wifi waves are invisible, just like the Lord. Praise Jesus!
in prison if they allow illegal activity. It sucks that the rulers of Germany say that people just because they believe in invisible men in the sky can get away with child pornography. That is stupid. They need to be put in prison.
what the fuck does this have to do with *protestant* churches offering free internet access to their visitors? are priests from nearby parishes going to use this to recruit new altar boys?
I keep getting divide by zero error on my calculator. I need some quantum bits lending a hand.
The church tries to attract people by offering free wifi? What next? Free parking and 15% off every item at any store on the local high street if they attend service regularly?
Looks like faith is cheap these days...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I can now go to church and download kiddy porn? Even my favorite, altar-boy porn? Awesome!
I remember the Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) bit about "endangered feces". I used to think they should've done a second one where she complained about Martin Luther nailing "95 feces" to the Wittenburg Door.
#DeleteChrome
I'm an atheist, I'd even say I'm somewhat anti-religion, but your rhetoric is just ridiculous. Yes, there were a few priests who join the church to hide their deviant sexual behavior, but the majority were good men and women. Yes, the church did some horrible things throughout history, but it also did a lot of good things.
So please, cut the crap.
You must have a shitty born loser life, and a hate filled family, causing and caused by your own idiocy and willful ignorance, to slander all the "Catholic clergy" with falsehoods, due to actions of a few in direct violation to Church teaching.
By same absurd logic as yours, because few humans are pedophiles all humans are, including you.
In any case, your obsessive exaggerations and imaginary fabrications about of child molestation and rape clearly indicate that you,smooth wombat, have pedophile obsessions.
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If anyone know him in real life, they should report to authorities about smooth wombat's excessive obsessions with pedophilia and rape, and his exaggerations and even purely imaginary fabrications on such crimes. You may save lives!
How are they going to work around the law that hold them accountable for user's offenses done using Godspot?
Do churches benefit some king of immunity in Germany?
Yes, the church did some horrible things throughout history,
They still are:
One case, and another, and a few more, and a few more, just for good measure. Even down under boys aren't safe. Nor are dogs.
Even the UN called out the Vatican for its systemic adoption of policies allowing priests to rape and sexually abuse tens of thousands of children.
But as always, these are just isolated cases.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
This is presumably to create a shield of plausible deniability for priests that want to download and view illegal content. "It must have been some random member of the public sitting outside using their laptop in their car!".
OMG, the priest said what!? #almostblasphemy
Why give churches a special pass? Hold them to the same laws as everyone else that offers public wifi. Just because what they're selling isn't material (or real) is no excuse to treat them different from any other business.
For the first time a religious entity that has an invisible omniscient power that actually does work
That is a different church though... You are thinking of catholic church, while this is the protestant church. You know where priests can marry, have a family and even be women (gasp!).
We think that religion is a tale of past. And the idea of providing free Wi-Fi is regarded as an effort to retain some power. Yes, church wants to attract more people, increase spiritual level. But I see only good intention. No one is obliged to use Godspot. I describe this move as goodwill gesture.
and behold, the Lord created a holy WiFi service to speak his word from the Ether untarnished by the sinful ramblings heard on other networks.
Those confessional booths are great for fapping privacy.
redtube available with religious adds?