A couple of intriguing articles on MySpace.com from USA Today:
Teens Hang Out At MySpace
Adults Question MySpace’s Safety
Here’s a portion of the first article that is quite sobering:
For those who didn’t grow up with the Internet, it might seem strange to think of a mere website as an actual place. But for people like .... Michael Edwards, a high school senior from San Diego who can’t remember when there was no Internet, cyberspace is a real place, even if the entry gates come in the form of a PC. And at least these days, one’s MySpace page is not just a home in that place, it’s actually who they are online. “Your page is like your personality,” Edwards, 17, says.
The fact that Michael can’t remember when there was no Internet shows just how pervasive it has become, at least in Western society.
If teens think that MySpace is a place and that their page is “who they are online,” does it qualify as part of “the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8)?
I believe that the internet provides today's church with a historic opportunity .... to tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love in ways which could only have been imagined in times past. The objective of this website is to explore the various ways in which today's technology can be used to spread the gospel around the world.
