http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25516/pastors-are-flocking-to-facebook-twitter http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25516/pastors-are-flocking-to-facebook-twitter#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:17:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25516 Religious social media use is flourishing, as much in smaller, more conservative worship centers as in the megachurches, says Sarah Pulliam Bailey, online editor of Christianity Today.

Concern that social media media will detract from people gathering for worship together is vanishing, she says.

"You have to proceed with caution like anything else," Baker says. "It's not Facebook that causes those issues, it's people."

• Are social media changing religion?]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25516/pastors-are-flocking-to-facebook-twitter/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25104/moral-search-engines-squeeze-out-sin-on-internet http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25104/moral-search-engines-squeeze-out-sin-on-internet#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 08:18:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25104 Internet search engines created by Christian, Jewish or Muslim entities aim to filter out queries from Web users in a way that is more relevant to those users and keeps them from temptation, alcohol and pornography.

AFP highlights the Muslim imhalal.com, Christian seekfind.org, and Jewish Jewogle search engines.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25104/moral-search-engines-squeeze-out-sin-on-internet/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24531/porn-industry-christian-lobby-unite-against-xxx-domain http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24531/porn-industry-christian-lobby-unite-against-xxx-domain#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:41:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24531 In Australia the pornography industry and the Christian conservative lobby have united in opposition to a proposal to create a new domain name catering specifically for pornography on the internet.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - responsible for domain names and categories globally - has given conditional approval for a .xxx domain category. One argument is that an internet filter could easily be set to block all .xxx domains to help protect children.

However, an unlikely alliance has formed between the Australian pornography industry the Australian Christian Lobby in opposition to the new domain category. Sex industry lobby group the Eros Foundation is strongly opposed to the new domain, arguing that an .xxx domain would "ghettoise" the sex industry.

Meanwhile, Australian Christian Lobby spokesman Lyle Shelton says the group opposes the new domain because it sees it as further legitimising the pornography industry]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24531/porn-industry-christian-lobby-unite-against-xxx-domain/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24175/religion-online http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24175/religion-online#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:22:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24175 The premise of the conference had been laid out earlier in the evening by Philip Clayton, a professor at Claremont School of Theology who talked about the role of Gutenberg's printing press in the 15th century. By making the Bible more widely available, he said, it democratized religion and led directly to the Protestant Reformation.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Clayton said, "we are talking today about a transition equally as great."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24175/religion-online/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19879/islam-57 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19879/islam-57#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:12:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19879/islam-57 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19879/islam-57/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19087/wikipedia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19087/wikipedia#comments Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:30:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19087/wikipedia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19087/wikipedia/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18140/confession-websites http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18140/confession-websites#comments Wed, 02 May 2007 10:38:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18140/confession-websites http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18140/confession-websites/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18000/religious-web-sites-ape-myspace-youtube http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18000/religious-web-sites-ape-myspace-youtube#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:50:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18000/religious-web-sites-ape-myspace-youtube http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18000/religious-web-sites-ape-myspace-youtube/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17868/faithful-build-a-second-life-for-religion-online http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17868/faithful-build-a-second-life-for-religion-online#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:18:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17868/faithful-build-a-second-life-for-religion-online http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17868/faithful-build-a-second-life-for-religion-online/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17874/looking-for-god-online http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17874/looking-for-god-online#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:26:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17874/looking-for-god-online http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17874/looking-for-god-online/feed 0