Its Good Friday and while millions will be enjoying the day off, others will be attending church and praying for salvation. According to a Pew survey in 2004, 64% of American Internet users perform spiritual and religious activities online, so here’s a few sites appropriate for the day.
We covered GodTube in April 2007 and the site is still spreading the word. GodTube is a YouTube like Flash video sharing site focusing on using “technology to connect Christians for the purpose of encouraging and advancing the Gospel worldwide.”
According to ChurchMarketingSucks.com, “If you’ve ever complained about the smut and garbage that can happen on community-driven sites like MySpace, then People2Pray is the answer to what good is all this online community.”
Billed as a 37signals for Jesus followers, CrossConnector helps users plan and manage mission trips and church activities.
Faith2 is a Popurls/ Alltop style site for “the Christian Web 2.0.”
Search the bible through a search box or navigate via tag cloud, eBible is “your personal online Bible that is easy to search and fun to use.” See our May 2006 review here.
For those looking for something lighter, the lolcat Bible offers a different interpretation of the Easter Story. Matthew 27, 1:5.
1 So liek iz teh mornins and all teh ppl sez tehy duznt liek Jesus and wantz to kills him;2 So tehy ties him upp and maed him goes to Pilate.
3 Judas feels teh stoopid and bringes teh moniez back,4 becuz he iz liek, “I iz stoopid, made invisibul err0r. Jesus iz innucent, k?”
And teh big catz sez “whtevr.”
5 So Judas sez “Do not want!” and he trows teh moniez and then killz hisself wiht sum yarn.
If God isn’t your thing, check out YouTube Awards finalist AngryLittleGirl on YouTube; her nominated video on religion here.
Why isn’t there a Islam 2.0 site or a Buddhism 2.0 site?
Easter Everett, Easter.
God is so good to us, regardless of version!
Duncan,
It’d be nice if you showed a little more respect. ‘Millions will take the day off while others will be attending church and praying for salvation,’ makes your stance quite clear, and there’s really no point in writing that in a post on Christian social sites.
Most who go to church (you even quoted a majority percentage, even if millions do enjoy a day off as nothing more than a prelude to peeps digestion) aren’t attending service to ‘pray for salvation,’ since most who are there believe that the whole point of the holiday is that their faith has already achieved that. So they’re praying thankfully, and rejoicing in what they believe to be the most wonderful event in history. Laugh at those praying on your own but as an author of a site with a very large audience a bit less opinion may be warranted (unless you are critiquing the sites themselves, in which case knock yourself out that’s why we read).
Maybe you didn’t mean anything by it, but I certainly flinched when reading what I would consider a few snide comments thrown in…and since most people dislike Christians not for their faith or for the religion itself but for their intolerance of others….maybe it goes both ways.
Cheers all, Happy Easter
Those are very good sites to visit. I will ponder and reflect on the things I learned. Thanks.
Brett
I thought I was being nice?
They might be praying for salvation of others, though.
Nice collection of Christian-based resources! I wonder what the other 36% of Internet denizens will be doing instead (Bad Friday, Black Friday, Happy Friday, TGIF Friday…..)
Enjoy,
Barbara
@1. there’s your million-dollar idea…create it! lol
religion across America, or values, is dieing – in general
@Duncan You are being nice….
I would just like some religious tolerance from all sides with respect to other non Christian holy days… Is this just too much to ask…
How about Duncan wasn’t meaning to be offensive so get over it?
Despite TC likes to troll (without admitting it), there’s no good reason for DR to be religiously offensive?
America, founded in secularism as a beacon of eighteenth century enlightenment, is becoming the victim of religious politics, a circumstance that would have horrified the Founding Fathers.
http://www.edge...ns06_index.html
@ 1
Yeah! There should be Islam 2.0 too…. Muslims all around the world are celebrating this Friday too, this was the day when Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was born.
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Duncan Riley: “I thought I was being nice?”
Yeah, right… Duncan, your disdain is showing.
The irony about so many people with anti-religious views is that they’re so – well – religious about it.
williamP2
there’s nothing offensive there at all. People spend time in church praying for salvation, least that’s what the last person who tried to convert me told me he was doing for me. Trust me, if I wanted to be offensive about Christianity it wouldn’t be this; accept that it’s Good Friday and I tried to keep with the theme of the day with some interesting links, nothing more, nothing less.
Duncan – I thought you were very restrained and even polite. The religious are so picky, ironically seldom showing tolerance to others.
Now I, meanwhile, can’t decide which one is best:
‘Faith is believing something you know ain’t true.’ – Mark Twain
or
‘If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.’ – Mark Twain
but it’s probably:
‘Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.’ – Sigmund Freud
Happy Zombie Flesh-Eating Jebus Day Everyone! (and I include the mentally ill).
Good list…
I think http://www.youversion.com is the best web 2.0 online Bible though.
I agree with Jonas that http://www.youversion.com really shines as a web 2.0 bible. Another site similar to GodTube with an Orthodox Christian twist is http://www.orthodoxsermons.org.
Guess one source of the misunderstanding was due to “others will be attending church and praying for salvation”, where “others” seemed to imply “including christians” who for some reason are still not saved (or, have not attained salvation) despite being a christian, thus will need to continue to pray for [their own] salvation.
Obviously, not gonna enter into a religious debate here…
You might want to check out My Church. http://www.mychurch.org.
Duncan Riley: “Trust me, if I wanted to be offensive about Christianity it wouldn’t be this; accept that it’s Good Friday and I tried to keep with the theme of the day”
Please. At the holiest time in the Christian calendar you post a Lolcats parody excerpt from the crucifixion story – and a link to an anti-religious YouTube video.
Dude, if you’re going to showcase your disdain, I really think you should be upfront about it and demonstrate the — ummm — courage of your convictions.
WIlliam:
Hey, I’m the admin for lolcatbible.com As it stands there are many Christians working on lolcat bible from many sects and faiths. From the God fearing to the godless, lolcat bible has them all. If anything, I imagine you should be thrilled that people are actually reading the Bible. It is as reverent or as blasphemous as you make it. There is no overall agenda to the site.
To Duncan: I thought your post was very well balanced and a nice showcase of all of those Christian sites. Given the makeup of the “geek community” I imagine throwing in a counter-argument link is something most of us would expect and respect. Thanks!
Also, wow, Techcrunch :3
@williamP2 and 113.com
Why not ask one of your gods to smite Duncan or something? The one with the hammer is pretty cool and would seem ideal? Would seem to be so more efficient than spending time here and stopping you guys from spending time helping the poor and stuff?
Oh yeah, I forgot (whisper it) *it’s all fairy tales told to scare kids*
‘The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.’ – John Adams, U.S. President
@Bipper — there’re actually more convenient covers for absurdity… (eg., posting comments on TC)
Martin, I have no problem with religious-themed humor generally and I make no judgement on lolcatbible.com overall. But context is all, and I’d suggest that Good Friday isn’t the best choice for snide asides about “praying for salvation” & Lolcat crucifixion parodies.
Bipper- that’s a really attractive display of anti-religious prejudice you’ve got going there.
William:
That is understandable from your standpoint, however, I would disagree. Not everyone celebrates Easter in the same fashion. I personally don’t pay it any mind. Others paint eggs and hide them (Entirely Pagan), others pray to the goddess, and still others follow the Christian tradition. To somehow pigeonhole the holiday into something that is entirely belonging to your personal beliefs and religion is unfair to others. Easter has been around for thousands of years before the alleged death of Jesus Christ.
Also, it is not a parody. It is a translation.
Don’t forget about The 5000 Music Group! Christian music 2.0! You can find it at http://www.the5000music.com or http://www.Chri...nRecordDeal.com.
“Also, it is not a parody. It is a translation.”
Dude, you are funnier than you know…
Visit also:
http://www.religione20.net
http://www.mygodsearch.com
I am in Xian now and went to the biggest mosque in China. It is interesting because it looks more like a Buddhist temple. Then I remembered it was Good Friday.
@Brett: Although you make some valid points, you are just nit-picking.
@Duncan: Thank you for the wonderful list. Being a christian and a member of the online community, I found the list wonderful.
@Bipper: I know you like christianity and all, but most religious problems aren’t religious problems at all… they’re people problems. Anyone that is a large fan of a particular view, belief, value, music genre, operating system, etc. will sometimes promote that particular thing with almost blind faith. This doesn’t go to say that their respective viewpoint is wrong, it’s just the case of being a die-hard fan. So when you mock, or ridicule someone for having a particular faith, you are falling for the very thing you scorn. Just a little tidbit.
Hi …
Just thought some of these guys might want to check out Beliefnet’s “Angels of the Passion” meditations. Its a simple and very lovely way to honor Good Friday and Easter if anyone is so inclined: http://www.beli...mc_id=HOMELEAD1
Mathew 27, 1:5 (the non-kitty whatever version)
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1 2 When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
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They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.
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Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, deeply regretted what he had done. He returned the thirty pieces of silver 3 to the chief priests and elders,
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saying, “I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? Look to it yourself.”
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4 Flinging the money into the temple, he departed and went off and hanged himself.
“Bipper: Why not ask one of your gods to smite Duncan or something? The one with the hammer is pretty cool and would seem ideal? Would seem to be so more efficient than spending time here and stopping you guys from spending time helping the poor and stuff?”
Well Bipper part of having a faith is depending that faith. These individuals are entitled to such and I’m sure they do spend time through chartiable actions. Spending time on here defending their faith doesn’t mean that they are *Not* practicing their faith:
“There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.”
God bless everyone. Have a wonderful Easter.
Hmmm…didn’t expect the conversation to drift this way (yet in some way I did…ha!).
Just wanted to mention http://www.ROOV.com as another site to the list.
Horrid, didn’t make it past God Tube.
I have a couple of friends that run the youth group at their church. When I first saw this article I was going to send them a link to it but the undertones to it made me change my mind. Instead I will just send them links to the sites it mentions.
I think that a more dry presentation would have been better in this situation. The slightly irreverant tone could be misinterpreted as disrespectful instead of just amusing.
i’d love nothing more than to agree that duncan is a prick, lol, but this post is in no way shape or form offensive. Not to mention, on easter holiday 80% of the people in the church would have no problem snickering at some anti-christian sentiment as it is….
in fact, i’m sure many of the ministers will be cracking jokes of their own about all the “new faces” and will do a worse job at masking their disdain than duncan did. guests of the church always feel uncomfortable when the preacher calls them out for being “easter christians” … so the religious “wrong” can step off their high horses and get on with good friday… (they should be working… calacanis fires christians on good friday… j/k J. couldn’t resist)
@#27 rotflmfao @ “entirely pagen” … YES, because after my kids find their eggs on sunday we are going to worship some salt and dance around a fire… nothing like easter to bring out the pagen in me.
Another to add to your post is http://www.mycatholicvoice.com
sometimes I just don’t get the Aussie sense of humor
Just like the sledging on the cricket field. Thanks for letting us know that you are being nice, Duncan.
Wow, thanks for this post. I was wondering why the hell the markets were closed today, and now I know.
@Williamp2 – ‘anti-religious prejudice’
Yeah, one thing atheists are long known for is their unwarranted and unrelenting persecution of the minority religious nutballs through the ages eh? 0o.
I’m trying to help you Man, you’ve been conned and need to wake up and get off the delusional train. Stop infecting your kids with the pixie-dust you cling too.
@Gabe L – ‘Well Bipper part of having a faith is depending that faith’
Ah, Sunday school looks like a FAIL for grammar, but that aside, I find that the meanest, most petty and vicious people seem to have a ‘faith’.
‘We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication.’ – Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President
@Michael – ‘So when you mock, or ridicule someone for having a particular faith, you are falling for the very thing you scorn’
Why is not believing in something an act of faith again? Atheism is like a religeon the same way ‘not collecting stamps’ is a hobby. Stop applying your misguided way of switching off reason to others who want something else but ignorance.
I am tired of sitting back and showing the god-bothering and delusional the respect they don’t show to others. If more people spoke up on how silly it all is the quicker it will melt away. By definition the religious bother everyone else with their nonsense so STFU and go eat the easter chocolate bunny or whatever it is you’ve been told to do.
One last one, as it’s Lord JuJu’s Day:
‘God is the…refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find no sanctuary in His arms, but…a kind of superiority, soothing to their…egos: He will set them above their betters.’ – H. L. Mencken
wait why should religious beliefs be off limits to scrutiny? why are most christians such judgemental, holier-than-thou hyprocrites? why can’t people question the absolute absurdity of what you people think?
oh that’s right because your religions would crumble if people actually held them to a litmus test half as strict as the one you’d use on a street magician. “magic’s not real! unless it happened 2000 years ago.”
use the brain god didn’t give you and think for a minute…
also click the link for an interesting video on how repulsive the bible is. anyone following that book (or any organized religion) needs to be committed to a mental institution.
makes me wish they had DNA testing back then so we could clear up this whole “who’s Mary been banging” question.
#44, this is exactly why Christians hold up such a front. When you write things like “We could clear up this whole ‘who’s Mary been banging’ question” this puts us, especially us Catholics, at odds. Please show some respect as I know that I respect people of all beliefs, even people like you who choose to denigrate my faith. As for Duncan’s article, I didn’t take offense to his comment about people “praying for salvation”. We do that on Good Friday AND we thank God for how He has blessed us in our lives. Until Easter when we celebrate the raison d’etre of our faith. So Duncan, thanks for posting these Christian-related sites on Good Friday. Your Post was definitely timely and useful.
Nene: that’s my whole point, i don’t have to respect your religious beliefs because i think they’re stupid. and if i think your beliefs are stupid, why should i respect you? you’ve done nothing to deserve my respect, and it’s mine to give or withhold. this whole “respect people of all beliefs” crap that you espouse has done real harm to giving crazy-assed belief systems (including catholicism, which i was brought up in, islam, scientology, flying spaghetti monsterism, etc) equal footing with logic/reason/science, and that’s bullshit, and i’m calling you on it. i certainly don’t have to respect someone that holds a view solely because that is what they were brought up believing and hasn’t had the gumption to really question it. i hereby declare religion is no longer “off limits.” back up your thinking with reason, and if you can’t, then you lose.
@ Chris
I think you are conflating belief and the person that holds the belief. Plus reducing a person to their beliefs is intellectually lazy and would be just as bad as reducing you to your post.
Many christians on this thread are complaining that subtext hurt their feeligs. At the same time, the Muslims in Afghanistan are complaining about cartoons that hurt their feelings.
Why are the people with a direct connection to the Creator of Everything so thin-skinned and cry when the wind blows too hard?
Maybe it’s because, deep down, they know that god is nothing more than their imaginations and visualizations.
Keep crying, christians, and hopefully make a connection between your sensitivities and god as your “father”.
@Nene
So you give ‘non-believers’ respect, but then you espouse in a pulpit that they’ll burn in some eternal hell with a guy with a pointy tail giving daily wedgies? Purleaze.
Nice bit of respect your derangement preaches eh? All you’re getting is less than you dish out – Hey, I’m sure there’s a parable some celibate guy with one hand in his robe and one on his catamite wrote about that, and since it’s both old and vague, you probably believe in it too. Are you a Xenu or Thor guy? I think Ganeesh could kick their asses, as he has the arms skillz personally.
Atheists think you’re kind of wasting your life, in a faintly ridiculous effort to give meaning to who you are, but that’s your choice – stepping back you gotta admit it’s funny. It’s been traditional to just let the poor and ignorant do the ‘big beard in the sky’ trick for the longest time, but like Chris says, things are changing, so starting backing up your thinking with reason or be prepared…
‘The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.’ – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“even people like you who choose to denigrate my faith.”
You are a grown adult using your imagination as a worldview.
By doing this, you are giving permission for others to use their imagination as a worldview. This results in imagination-based decision making: 9/11, gay/women/black oppression, holy wars, crusades, communistic utopias, north korean godheads, etc.
We are not denigrating your imagination. We are defending our lives against your anti-evidence anti-logic virus of the mind.