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Does God Tweet?

The Washington Post asks "Does God Tweet?"

"Thanks to new digital technologies, you can 'tweet' prayers via Twitter to the Western Wall or prayer requests to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. You can pray the rosary or pray the hours from your laptop. You can participate in worship services and discuss holy texts via Facebook. You can create and join faith communities on Second Life. Are social media tools a blessing or a curse for people of faith? Should we use digital technology to commune with the divine? Does God tweet?"

In response, there are 16 essays answering the question. All are worth a read. Susan Brooks Thistewaite, past president at Chicago Theological Seminary caught my attention when she pointed out that Gutenberg had the same questions when he printed the Bible.

"Even the new technology of a "book" was a big step forward compared to the scroll. In a hilarious YouTube video a guy from the "Medieval Helpdesk" teaches a puzzled monk how to open a book and use it without losing data. The staggering learning curve for the monk who is afraid of this new technology is familiar to anyone who has tried a new electronic application. You try it, you find you can't open it, then, when you finally open it, you are afraid you'll lose the text you've stored, and then once you close it you can't open it again."

Her larger point was that the technology doesn't matter as much as the sincerity behind your prayer to God. I can't say I'll be tweeting from church tomorrow, but I do believe my faith has been enriched by being able to connect with others via social media.

What about yours?

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