Church Online?

So this is a must see for people that like to learn about other, well, people. Even if they are electronic? Yes, electronic people, who believe that they have a second life. This is a community group online where you can create an Avatar. An electronic person that looks like you, or not, and belongs to a virtual community. Some have wings, some have horns, and some look like their actual real person. This place is so famous that it was mentioned on a popular TV show called " The Office". Where if you are familiar with it, Dwight was depressive one dayand created a Second Life for his Second Life. Anyways, back to the topic. So ,I found out through advertising on face book about this church. Interested in the concept I clicked on the link ,and was surprised in what I found.

Koinonia Second life is a Christian Church located on one of the islands within the community. They hold meetings most days of the week, and two on Sunday. They explain that "...Opening its doors and its heart to people of various theologies, sexual orientations, and faith experiences, Koinonia practices God's extravagant welcome for all. Koinonia Christians celebrate the abundance of life and welcome the diversity of God's people. ( koinonia-church.org)" Yet I can't help but also add dragons, witches, warloads, and other fanciful creatures to the list of those welcomed. Koinonia has been open for one year, and has as diverse "leadership" made up of real life pastors, priests, religious leaders, and theology students.




I find it a very interesting community, and makes me raise some questions that I would like answered. Namely:

1) what type of population "electronically" go there to worship?





2) Is it the second that is worshiping or the real person?





3) What prompted them to create this site? Who was the first member?





4) What problems have they had within the site?





5) Why do they believe that people decide to worship electronically rather than in real life?







Over all I find that this project is worth noting in the anthropology world. I hope you can look at it yourself, and gather other questions and insights that I may have missed. The website to the place is listed below. I hope that you enjoy.



http://www.koinonia-church.org/home.html