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- Reached over 1 million with diverse religion affiliations
- 28 million Americans have used the Internet to get religious and
spiritual information
- This figure spiraled after 9/11
- This does not include worldwide figures
- 25% of Internet users have gotten religious or spiritual information at
one point or another
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- Jehovah Witness
- Buddhist
- Hinduism
- Jehovah Witness
- Islamic
- Zoroastrianism
- Quakers
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Mormon
- Non Christians
- Neo-pagan chat groups
- Muslims
- Cyber pilgrimages
- Adidam
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- With a few clicks of the mouse one can access
- Sacred Jewish Texts
- http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/index.htmVirtual city in Israel
- Western wall streaming live
- http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SUNA_enUS248US248&q=Western+wall+streaming+live
- Cyber Churches
- http://extremeprophetic.com/
- Communicate online
- Religious Blogs
- Religious Newsgroups
- Electronic Books
- Religious Internet Video
- Various Religious Portals
- Various Religious User groups
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- Used to lead people to Christ
- Used as tactics for getting around censorship
- China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc
- Used by religious organization to disseminate material that was harder
to get to the world
- Used to solicit fund
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- It has made the large world we live in smaller
- Help people find a purpose whether positive or negative
- Educated people to many religions from all over the world
- Has introduced the good, the bad and the ugly in Religions
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- Age, Bunt R. Gar. Islam in the digital. Bunt, Gary. Research and News
about Islam in the digital Age. 2003.
- Brasher, Barbara. Give Me That Online Religion. John Wiley & Sons; 1
edition , February 6, 2001.
- Buechler, Rabbi Howard R. "How has the Internet changed
religion:." Newsday (2007): B20.
- Hinderson, Rev. Charles P. God Web. www.godweb.org.
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