Tuesday, February 08, 2011

5G Network: The 5th G Is For God

OK so I didn't get around to blogging yesterday. Call it Superbowl depression, or a hangover, or something else, but I just didn't get around to blogging.
Today I was playing around online and came across this article. Apparently the Catholic Church has sanctioned this "Confession App" which doesn't completely erase the need for confession, but just makes it easier. So I guess you type your sins into this app and then head to a priest for absolution. This is just one step towards Catholics using technology to connect to people and help them return to Catholicism. The article mentions how the app helped one man turn back to Catholicism after 20 years.

I'm wondering if this Confession App is just the beginning, what other kind of technology will be used in the Church.
  • Foursquare: Become the mayor of your local church and receive 50% off your weekly offering
  • Twitter: Follow Jesus to be best prepared for the 2nd coming
  • Facebook: You could be the first to comment "Lord hear our prayer" on this Sunday's Prayer of the Faithful Wall Post
  • YouTube: Watch Pope Benedict do acoustic covers of the top hymns
  • LinkedIn: Who's a better connection to have than The Man Upstairs
More Apps:
  • The Rosary App: Choose the Mysteries you want and it recites the decades for you, just move your finger to the next bead
  • Holy Water App: Move your iPhone in a Cross pattern over a bowl of water and it blesses it for you
  • Tongue of Fire App: hold your iPad over your head and while displaying a small flame on the screen it translates everything you say into multiple languages
  • Goliath App: Put your iPod Touch into a slingshot and fire it at the face of Giant to knock him out
Who knows what else inventive things the Catholic Church's I.T. department can come up with. Leave a comment if you have any more ideas for how Catholicism can use technology!

3 comments:

  1. The Father didn't get them & the Son was cool with these...I'm not so sure these are kosher...dig?

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  2. The Big Poppa in the SkyFebruary 8, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    Oh, I got them alrighty. I just didn't think they were that funny. The Tongue of Fire App just hit a little too close to home with you-know-who.

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  3. Any chance there will be an App to multiply fishes & loaves? If so, we could party like it's 0033.

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