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Tuesday November 13, 2007
Internet • Islam:
Bargewee, a practicing Muslim, soured on the Facebook phenomenon after getting embroiled in a controversy over Facebook groups denouncing Islam and other religions.
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Saturday August 18, 2007
Internet:
Computers registered to the Church of Scientology were used to remove criticism of the church from the Wikipedia page about it.
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Wednesday May 2, 2007
Internet • Religion Trends:
Confession websites have become popular places to post your sins — or to read about the transgressions of others.
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Wednesday April 18, 2007
Internet:
Chief among them are GodTube.com, a video-sharing site for Christians, and MyChurch.org, a social networking realm.
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Monday April 2, 2007
Internet:
Wherever the human imagination goes, so goes the spirit. Second Life is now also opening new windows on religious and spiritual expression. Theologians and philosophers may debate the authenticity of cyber religious life, but out on the Internet faith frontier, believers are too busy to listen.
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Friday March 16, 2007
Internet • Religion Trends:
Despite the fact that religion is always in the news, visits to religious websites in the U.S. are declining rapidly.
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Internet • Religion Trends:
The Internet has become a hub of religious worship for millions of people around the world. For many cyber-worshipers, online religious life conducted at home or in an Internet cafe has replaced attendance at traditional churches, temples, mosques and synagogues.
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Friday March 2, 2007
Internet:
It has been attacked many times in its short life, most notably by a former aide to Robert F Kennedy and the editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica. But now the online reference site Wikipedia has a new foe: evangelical Christians.
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Tuesday January 30, 2007
Internet • Religion Trends:
Teenagers’ use of the Internet for spiritual or religious experience grew by 200 percent between 1998 and 2001, according to a study by the Barna Research Group. Forty-six percent of teens expected to use the Internet to talk about what they believe.
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Tuesday October 31, 2006
Internet:
The Internet domain name Hell.com failed to be bought via a live auction Friday, which organizers had hoped would bring bids of more than $1 million.
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Thursday March 9, 2006
Internet:
Churches use technology for outreach
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Wednesday January 25, 2006
Internet:
Company Agrees to Restrict Access to Some Sites Chinese Government Doesn't Want Citizens to See
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Tuesday August 30, 2005
Internet:
(Aug. 29) -- Kyle Lewis, 25, missed going to church one Sunday last month. But he did not miss the sermon.
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Friday April 22, 2005
Internet:
By the time Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany assumed his new papal moniker on Tuesday, it already was too late for the Vatican to buy the corresponding dot-com Web address.
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Monday March 7, 2005
Internet:
In many ways, Lisa Butterworth is the very image of Mormon devotion; she lives in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their three children younger than 4, faithfully attending church and teaching Sunday school.
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Saturday November 20, 2004
Internet:
The growth area in unsolicited email is now spam containing religious mesages. And the bad news is that unlike commercial spam, it's not illegal
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Internet:
Sometimes that junk e-mail in your computer inbox isn't trying to sell you something — it's trying to save your soul.
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Tuesday November 9, 2004
Internet:
It was an email that prompted Gary to finally come clean.
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Thursday November 4, 2004
Internet • Pornography • XXXchurch.com:
Craig Gross and Mike Foster, two young pastors from Riverside, were looking for direction when, one day in 2001, God came to Foster in the shower and said one word: "Pornography."
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Wednesday August 25, 2004
Internet:
A coordinated attack against the Internet, dubbed an "electronic jihad," may be as close as tomorrow, one security firm warned Wednesday. Other experts, however, were dubious.
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Tuesday August 24, 2004
Internet:
Her name is Hila. She is 22 years old and lives in Tel Aviv. She is very attractive, single, looking for a Jewish husband from a good family, and most important - she is a mouse-click away. This is how the banner persuades you, the Jewish bachelor, to enter the Jewish dating site JDate and find the love of your life.
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Monday August 9, 2004
Internet:
Documents reveal details about what popular search engine accepts, rejects
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Tuesday July 27, 2004
Internet:
German neo-Nazis seeking to access racist propaganda on the internet will now receive a lesson on the Holocaust when visiting a website named after the Nazi victory salute, Sieg Heil.
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Thursday May 20, 2004
Internet • Pornography • XXXchurch.com:
(Special Investigative Report, May 20th, 2004, 7:23 a.m.) Millions of people spend hours each day on Internet porn websites. Some racy, some dangerous, and some are downright illegal. But if you search for these sites, you'll find one that holds a real surprise. It's a XXX Christian website. Your NewsChannel 3's Rick Holmes tells us more in this story.
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Wednesday May 19, 2004
Internet:
The world's first cyber church has had to close its pulpit to ordinary worshippers after people logged in and used swear words on the site.
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