A Blonde was sent on her way to Heaven. Upon arrival, a concerned St Peter met her at the Pearly Gates. 'I'm sorry,' St Peter said; 'But Heaven is suffering from an overload of goodly souls and we have been forced to put up an Entrance Exam for new arrivals to ease the burden of Heavenly Arrivals.' 'That's cool' said the blonde, 'What does the Entrance Exam consist … [Read more...] about Blonde goes to heaven
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Papal Finances
'Nescafe' manages to arrange a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican. After receiving the Papal blessing, the Nescafe official whispers 'your Eminence, we have an offer for you. Nescafe is prepared to donate US$100 million to the church if you change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily coffee.' The Pope responds, 'That is … [Read more...] about Papal Finances
Episode 6 of TMJ Podcast – Religion and Second Life
Episode 6 features a news roundup, a short review of Tom Boellstorff's 'Coming of Age in Second Life' and an interview with Dr Helen Farley from the University of Queensland on religion and Second Life. [display_podcast] For details on how to automatically receive these podcasts, check our podcast page. … [Read more...] about Episode 6 of TMJ Podcast – Religion and Second Life
Christian Orthodoxy and Sexual Purity – A Second Life seminar
An interesting announcement came to my attention today from the organisers of a ninety minute seminar. It's being held by the UK-based University of Plymouth at 6am Friday morning Australian Eastern time. The full details as announced: Fathers Johann Barak and Joshua Tuchs (these are SL avatar names), who in RL are two Eastern Orthodox priests in USA, together with Presbytera … [Read more...] about Christian Orthodoxy and Sexual Purity – A Second Life seminar
Anglicans in Second Life
The Revd Mark Brown is a New Zealander leading an Anglican Ministry in Second Life and says its has grown to five church services per week with a congregation of over 300. The group have their own blog and a range of service times including an Australian friendly one - 6pm Sunday evenings AEDT (11pm Saturday SL time). Check it out in-world. … [Read more...] about Anglicans in Second Life