The growth of religion on the internet has been a very interesting thing to watch. Elizabeth Drescher wrote about media trends that are shaping on-line religion. I found the first two trends particularly interesting: the social prayers and the ministers on the go. Social prayer groups are among the top most popular pages on many social media sites, like Facebook. The religious activities on-line sites like Facebook and Twitter are growing quickly, and may shape the future of religions. Even religious figures, like ministers, are catching on – they use location services such as Foursquare to let their communities know they are around in the local area to talk. Much of the religious activates that formerly took place in holy sites are now moving on line.

I found this very interesting. Looking back at history, many religious have a very negative view of advancing ideals. How the churches and other religious organizations are adapting their faith to online cultures is quite interesting. I find it quick ironic, as the Internet is often denounced as the space of Atheists and other such heretical groups. The fact that religious groups are fighting for their own space on line is quite interesting. I am curious about how much really gets done on the sites – I imagine the sites would be targeted by other groups as a place to troll (to make inflammatory comments, to anger users) and generally disturb the faithful.