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News-Leader.com | Nation/World Apparently teens really do want to explore their faith and they are willing to find it on the internet over actually going to church.

Two in three teenagers say religion is important to them, but they don’t want only to go to church, synagogue or mosque to express their spirituality, according to a study of teens’ attitudes toward religion released Wednesday.

This is something I thought was coming, but I never saw any evidence for it. It says something about church. There is a negative connotation with the whole idea of church. It is judgemental and hypocrytical in many people’s eyes. The internet is a great place to be able to be free from that. If someone is on your case about something, just don’t visit their site. Since there isn’t much of an investment to visit, then it’s no big deal to leave. It’s also a really great way to hide from others and yourself.

This is where myspace is playing on egosurfing. It is very easy to pretend to be something your not. Or just reveal a limited view of yourself. It’s fun in a way and yet can be very alienating, too. What fringe possibilities does the church have here? I’m lloking into it. More later maybe.