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 (Ok, we're going to hell for this one for sure, but we do it out of love for our readers!)
Those of you who go to church regularly, but find that dumping change into the collection plate is a physical hassle as well as soooooo 20th century, now have a new way to pay. A Wired article points out that:
A Roman Catholic diocese in Louisiana is testing a new Canadian technology [in the form of a kiosk] that allows for "e-tithing." It will provide a tax receipt for the donation, along with a prayer.
Currently the diocese is downplaying the e-tithing abilities of the kiosk, and wants to use it for spreading info about the church and it's programs, but we see all sorts of great usages for this type of technology.
Churches could implement some type of "Pay-to-Pray" service, where you pay for a prayer or even a package of prayers. Perhaps Apple could get involved and use their Music Store technology to allow for one-click buying of hymns (everyone knows that illegal hymn swapping is running rampant and MUST be stopped).
Confessional by Instant Messenger (No, not AO-Hell Instant Messenger) would be another great service. Along the same lines, why take the time to shower and get dressed up all nice on Sunday morning - instead, use iChat 2.0's rumored videoconferencing feature to tele-church. Heck, Apple could even throw in the ability to "Report a pedophile priest".
Some of the literature the kiosks spit out could have information such as "Beware of the pitfalls of purgatory and Windows usage", or "All good Mac users go to heaven".
While we don't know which, if any, of these features will come to fruition, we do know that the possiblities are endless and will only enhance our churchgoing and relationship with God.
Speaking of God...he has a sense of humor right?
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May 8 2003, 12:04 PM EDT, by
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Comments:
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| HTML Samurai |
5/8/03, 12:09 PM EDT |
OUCH!
I felt that lightning bolt all the way over here!
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| Guuyuk |
5/8/03, 5:09 PM EDT |
Eeek! I run the website for my parish and they are asking about implementing the same thing! That's really scary!
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| stickman67 |
5/9/03, 9:21 AM EDT |
Another nail in the coffin of truly spiritual religion (as opposed to the shallow, misguided, disingenuous, mass-marketed money-grubbers that fill our TV screens from 3 a.m. till dawn). I sure hope God *does* have a sense of humour, or someone's gonna fry ... Probably me!
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| TidesongMacLover |
5/9/03, 11:47 PM EDT |
Of course God has a sense of humor... He made us, after all ;)
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| wasabe |
5/10/03, 2:06 PM EDT |
all i know is that i am most cetainly going to hell. i have a reserved seat right next to jimmy hendrix and nixon.
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| stickman67 |
5/10/03, 8:54 PM EDT |
Sorry, Wasabe, but the seat on the right-hand side of Nixon is for Kissinger, and the one on the left is for Westmoreland.
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| Wasabe |
5/10/03, 10:57 PM EDT |
Oh. darn it.
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| stickman67 |
5/11/03, 9:32 PM EDT |
You can sit next to me if you'd like ... (blush!)
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