Ask Not What Religion on the Internet Can Do for You..

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-raushenbush/religion-internet_b_2192178.html?utm_hp_ref=religion


Paul Brandeis RaushenbushSenior Religion Editor, The Huffington Post
Posted: 11/27/2012 5:47 am

Want to know something, anything? Want to find out what day Hanukkah starts? When Mussolini was born? How many eyes a common housefly has? Want to know if someone is gay? Why Sikhs wear turbans? Wondering if God exists?

Ask the Internet.

Yeah, you can ask the Internet all those things and most people have asked an even more eclectic set of questions during their time on the web. The Internet has become our anonymous (ish) oracle that we turn to with our shaman search engines named Google or Yahoo. And they will use their carefully guarded magic formula and point us toward answers -- some of which will be clear (Hanukkah starts on Dec. 8; Mussolini's birthday is July 29) and others, such as "Does God Exist" will provide a mix of responses and requires a bit more work.

The point is that most of us go to the Internet to "get" things such as knowledge, purchases, experiences or communication. But this consumer based approach leaves out an important element that is within the DNA of the Internet. The World Wide Web is meant to be a place of take and give. A place where we don't just passively receive what is there but are active participants in creating the answers we ourselves are seeking.

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1. There's some interesting research indicating at least some of the ancient oracles sat in chambers

laden with naturally occuring intoxicant gases. As such, too much oracling would certainly have caused brain damage.

That might easily be a message from them to us across time.