"GodTube.com, a video-sharing site with Christian content, drew more than 4 million unique visitors during October." -Monterey Herald article
It's like Youtube for God, with an astonishing amount of web content and traffic for a new site. Complete with advertising and social networking. I can't help but find irony in the name GodTube. This site, while a great platform for Christianity, makes me wonder if technology will hinder or help religion. Christmas has already been consumed with secular commercialism, is the religion as a whole a commercial commodity in present day society?
Back in the little town I grew up in our church changed pastors and with that came a new look and feel to the good ole word. Power point sermons, photo slide shows accompany worship and choir, and the church website has been revamped and updated. With a majority of our congregation applicable for senior discounts and up to 5 generations of families this was less than favorably received.
Change is hardly ever received well by a faith rooted in tradition and history, but is this for the better or worse? I can see it being used in great ways to target younger generations, but while it alienates their parents and grandparents?
Personally, I find comfort in the church service I grew up with, old hymns and dorky reenactments of Christmas and Easter put on by church members. But as a tech/web 2.0 junkie I find promise in a compromise of both, I hope that web 2.0 doesn’t cannibalize some of my favorite things about church.
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You know, I also remember the old school Christmas shows and being in a church that seemed to only have three working lights while the rest of the ambiance came from candles. I don't think I could actually go to Godtube.com simply because the internet is so full of distraction (as the ads you mentioned). It's so weird what people will try and mesh together. I know someone whose little brother attends Catholic school and they vehemently despise myspace and try to talk kids out of using it. I gues the times are-a-changin'.
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