“No, the Internet is Not Killing Religion in America”

“No, the Internet is Not Killing Religion in America” August 29, 2015

 

Roletschek vom Domplatz
The view at night of the Mariendom and the Severikirche from Erfurt’s Domplatz is genuinely breathtaking.
(Click on the photo to enlarge it.)
But religious faith seems to be quite weak here in the former East Germany — perhaps because of the Internet, but, more probably, owing to more than half a century of anti-Christian and atheistic Nazi and Communist dictatorship.
The photo is by Ralf Roletschek. See his website at www.fahrradmonteur.de

 

The other day, I posted an item entitled “Is the Internet Killing Religion?”

 

In response, somebody — I think that it was Ray Agostini — drew my attention to this interesting piece:

 

http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/internet-killing-religion-america-80149

 

As I’ve remarked previously, it’s essential for those who wish to foster and spread faith to understand the environment in which that task is to be done.  These two articles may represent valuable contributions to that understanding.

 

Posted from Erfurt, Germany

 

 


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