So I was watching the news and learned about this website called Godtube.com. I checked the site out and on there you can find readings, Christian music, funny moments caught in church and Christian believers sharing their testimonies. Apparently the creator of the site obtained some funding from private investors and I'm thinking they hope the site will go big and give them a good ROI... all in the name of God of course.
One of the reasons I'm not a religious person is because I'm spiritual - I believe in a higher power but I'm not biased towards a particular religion. I think each religion has its own "ministry" or specialization and you can learn and take from each one - for each has something to offer. After growing up Christian, I've learned and researched history on my own with respect to the wars started by religions and the hate and animosity you see and experience inside religious denominations. I strongly feel that there's something about organized religion that restricts you in terms of finding truth in history - like it's taboo to do your own research and you should take everything they say as the "God's Honest Truth." But in my opinion, you can't do that to people. The human mind is always curious, always searching - it's hardwired into our brain; like there's something missing from us - a history of the world before the great flood that we need to know about but religion suppresses, and instead, gets us caught up in trivial pursuits and debates that keep us too busy, too angry, too hateful to even bother about questioning things that need to be questioned.
One particular clip that bothered me was about undercover reporters who went into a mosque and made claims about how extreme the Islamic religion is - based solely on that one mosque. That's like saying Christianity as a whole is extreme and evil because of overbearing, extreme Christian fundamentalists. When you read the comments, it gives you a sense of how ignorant a lot of people are when it comes to other people's religious leanings. A lot of them don't bother to do their own research before posting a comment and the way I see it, they're not helping and promoting Godtube.com for reasons of winning souls to Christ. If a curiosity seeker goes there, they'll probably get scared off and take up Taoism, hehe. The next thing you know, there's going to be an Allahtube.com and then the real fun starts. A freakin' holy war online!
God help us all!
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Broadcasting Religion At Godtube.com
at 8:53 PM
Tags: Christianity, Godtube.com, Islam, media
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