Comments on: The ultimate convergence: religion online

By: Dr. Mohamed Taher

Dr. Mohamed Taher — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:49:47 +0000

I have published a full book on the subject of online worship: Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives, (2006)
We are in the same boat, I suppose.
Best wishes.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:57:43 +0000

You know, I’ll bet a lot of topics have gone from low pageviews in *1999* to a metric ton in 2004.

And as for the line comparing keyword searches on “sex” and “god”… come on. How many times does Johnny Weblogger type “god” in an entry and have nothing to do with religion, compared to how many times that same author types “sex” and have nothing to do with sex?

Here, I’ll pump up the god-views a little more: god, god, god, god.

By: The Tony

The Tony — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:44:30 +0000

I prefer when religion is used to challenge people, as in the case of the Tomb of Jesus special, as opposed to it being used to control people.

That said…eh, not for me.

If it makes me niche not to believe in superghosts, so be it.

By: Safran

Safran — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:15:21 +0000

I’m not even sure it’s a niche. It’s huge.

Wikipedia: “Niche marketing is the process of finding and serving small but potentially profitable market segments and designing custom-made products or services for them.”

There’s nothing small about religion or the service industry that has sprouted around it. And you’re right - it remains underserved and still has tremendous opportunity.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:47:44 +0000

Makes sense to me. Personally, I read at least three different Christian sites every day or so.

Religion is niche, but a BIG niche. It’s too bad a lot of media companies today tend to either ignore religion or just relegate discussion of it to politicized topics like abortion, gays, terrorism, and science. But as the American philosopher Homer Simpson once said, “Meh… what are ya gonna do?”