http://www.eministrynotes.com/2007/01/18/atheism-20/ A place to record notes on effective web ministry Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.eministrynotes.com/2007/01/18/atheism-20/#comment-31672 Brian Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:25:43 +0000 http://www.eministrynotes.com/2007/01/18/atheism-20/#comment-31672 Thanks for the link to Think Christian! Thanks for the link to Think Christian!

]]> http://www.eministrynotes.com/2007/01/18/atheism-20/#comment-31668 Darren Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:28:26 +0000 http://www.eministrynotes.com/2007/01/18/atheism-20/#comment-31668 I think part of the reason why sites like Digg and YouTube are popular methods for spreading atheist sentiments is that the overall tone of those sites is one of sarcasm and cynicism; the comments at Digg and YouTube are not where you'd go for civilized discussion. The air of cynicism makes it more difficult to target users of these sort of sites with traditional evangelistic type of messages. The "Atheism 2.0" sites mentioned are challenging new mediums that should be used to spread the gospel. An example of the type of video that could be effective is Francis Chan's 15-minute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRi4VwcrYmA It's a challenge, no doubt, and Christians certainly should be eager to participate in whatever virtual communities become popular on the web as another opportunity to spread the word. I think part of the reason why sites like Digg and YouTube are popular methods for spreading atheist sentiments is that the overall tone of those sites is one of sarcasm and cynicism; the comments at Digg and YouTube are not where you’d go for civilized discussion. The air of cynicism makes it more difficult to target users of these sort of sites with traditional evangelistic type of messages. The “Atheism 2.0″ sites mentioned are challenging new mediums that should be used to spread the gospel. An example of the type of video that could be effective is Francis Chan’s 15-minute video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRi4VwcrYmA
It’s a challenge, no doubt, and Christians certainly should be eager to participate in whatever virtual communities become popular on the web as another opportunity to spread the word.

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