This is an interesting idea... Have a preacher in one place, preaching a sermon and being videotaped holographically. This hologram is then beamed into a bunch of other satellite churches, where people can see the same sermon... I'm not so sure it's a great idea... The preacher might react to the faces of the real congregation, which would look weird to the satellites... And it sort of seems kind of... cheap somehow... Are we that short of good preachers that we have to resort to holograms? Or maybe it is the new wave of preaching... After all... we used to be fixated on live music performances and are now quite happy with recorded ones... What's the difference here?? Maybe I'm just old fashioned?? Or maybe it is a great thing... it can go out and reach all sorts of people who might never otherwise hear a famous preacher... Mind you, how is this different from Billy Graham on TV or something? What does it mean to be really present... what is "presence" anyhow... If we watch the Sunday Mass on TV, does that mean we are "present"? And even if we are present to a virtual preacher, are they present to us???
Are we starting to shortcut our human interactions. What's to prevent us from someday staying in our homes and interacting with colleagues, preachers, etc... all through virtual reality... Too much trouble to do it face to face?? Or maybe, like many things, when used in moderation, it can add a whole new level of living to our lives... no replacing the really important things, but supplementing them in some way... Only time will tell...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/07/14/virtual.preaching/index.html?hpt=T2
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Really interesting ideas emerging with all this techie stuff. sometimes Your Quantum Bible stuff is sometimes a good sermon from a good preacher too..it's a gift. However with that in mind I still need the 'fellowship' with other christians and that includes those from assorted
denominations..fellowship includes everything from arranging to be picked up and heading to Church to the coffee afterwards..just thinking about watching a generated image all the time makes me cringe with feelings of isolation..it's like being on the computer too long, or trying to form a relationship via internet dating...not for me..once in a while it's ok. However why not form a discussion group around this kind of preaching..great for isolated areas..what about Skype? At least that provides a resemblance of interaction. Hey...what about Skype and RTS?? Skype and coaching....?? etcetc (I'm on a roll now...)
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