Online worship

Is online worship a good idea? Many people think it's good for people that can't get out of their house because they're elderly or perhaps due to weather conditions. Others believe it's a way to keep religion in their busy day to day lives without having to take time to go to their place of worship and miss time with their family. Just opening a website, one can read the bible, chat with others, and view videos of religious ceremonies. This simplification, some argue, causes a rift in community. A major part of going to one's religious ceremonies every week is to meet people in one's community and to build friendships and stronger communities. The flip side of this argument, however, is that when one attends one's own religious ceremony he or she is only meeting people with the same religious views as themself and therefore only learning one way of life.


I don't think there is anything we can do about this either way. People want to have the most convenient way of doing everything today and religious worship is just another thing to add to the list. Are we really too lazy to go to church or temple or anyplace else we worship once a week? I do, however, understand the other side of the argument. Some people simply have too much going on in their lives and worshipping online is better than not worshipping and having faith at all.