[MMike]

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/15/my-take-how-technology-could-bring-down-the-church/?hpt=C1


S'pose the text will change too?

"Moses asked the Pharaoh, "I can haz teh freedomz?"
But the the pharaoh just lulz
And Moses did :facepalm:

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Do not care. Most boring book evar.

 

[jonKranked]

we can only hope

 

[TheMontashu]

Do not care. Most boring book evar.

Ever read it??? It's actually a pretty good story and is a quick read. (the old testament has lots of awesome violence and god is quite vengeful.) How true the stories are is a whole other issue

 

[dante]

Ever read it??? It's actually a pretty good story and is a quick read. (the old testament has lots of awesome violence and god is quite vengeful.) How true the stories are is a whole other issue

Too predictable, it's like watching Titanic. You know the boat sinks and almost everyone dies, so what's the point?

 

[stevew]

Ever read it??? It's actually a pretty good story and is a quick read. (the old testament has lots of awesome violence and god is quite vengeful.) How true the stories are is a whole other issue

motherfvcker......he was there.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Ever read it??? It's actually a pretty good story and is a quick read. (the old testament has lots of awesome violence and god is quite vengeful.) How true the stories are is a whole other issue

Yes, I have read it. It sucks. Might be better in Aramaic, but I'm not about to make the investment.

 

[MMike]

Yes, I have read it. It sucks. Might be better in Aramaic, but I'm not about to make the investment.

Yeah I'm sure the jokes don't translate properly....

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Yeah I'm sure the jokes don't translate properly....

"Ecclesiastes"

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Making the bible more accessible through technology doesn't mean any more christians will actually read it. The author gives them way too much credit.

 

[MikeD]

"Ecclesiastes"

Ecclesiastes who?

 

[MMike]

Ecclesiastes who?

To get to the other side!!!

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Ecclesiastes who?

To get to the other side!!!

No, no, no...that's just ice cream.

 

[MikeD]

No, no, no...that's just ice cream.

Jesus? I hardly know her!

 

[Andyman_1970]

Interesting article.........

With Scripture on iPhones and iPads, believers can bypass constraining religious structures - otherwise known as “church” - in favor of a more individual connection with God.

And how is that bad? It seems the folks that are concerned about this forget how the early church was structured.....pretty loose and met in folks houses without a hard copy of the Text.

Traditionalists worry that technology allows young believers to practice religion without committing to what in the south is called “a church home” - and they’re right.

.........and...........sssssooooo??? This whole article seems like a made up issue....

I will admit if it weren't for my engagement with teaching youth Sunday School I would have walked away from organized church a few years ago, to this day I still don't go to the church service at my "home church". I think there are a pretty good numbers of us out there who are followers of Jesus and compelled by His message but like me are sick of what church has become.

I did a public Q&A with Michigan pastor Rob Bell on the eve of the publication of his new bestseller "Love Wins" and was astonished, during the book-signing that followed, at how many acolytes felt they knew Rob through his sermons, which they regularly downloaded off the internet, even though they had never met him. They hailed from places like Australia, South Africa and New Jersey.

They listen to Bell while they’re working out, or commuting to work. They get their religion - like their meals – on the run.

Interesting they mention Rob, I've been listening to him for almost 10 years now and listen to his sermons weekly, that has become "church" for me.

Anyway just some of my thoughts and comments.........

 

[Andyman_1970]

Making the bible more accessible through technology doesn't mean any more christians will actually read it. The author gives them way too much credit.

Agreed, most will just still uncritically swallow whatever their pastor feeds them without truly engaging the ideas and digging for themselves.

 

[Jeremy R]

S'pose the text will change too?

2 Jezebels, 1 grail

 

[jimmydean]

But how can a young Catholic boy get touched using an iPhone? Are they working on a n app for that, too?

 

[MMike]

2 Jezebels, 1 grail

I only wish I had more rep to give.....

 

[Da Peach]

I only wish I had more rep to give.....

Covered.

 

[binary visions]

So much rep...

 

[binary visions]

But how can a young Catholic boy get touched using an iPhone? Are they working on a n app for that, too?

Not just an app... An accessory.