Yesterday Wired magazine covered GodTube.
[Some of the following quoted content has been edited appropriately for this blog.]
"Amongst the legions of YouTube knock-offs that have sprung onto the Internet...there are some which are so disgusting and fetishistic that they really [are] Not work safe and very disturbing."An observable microcosm..."
"On the other side of the spectrum, there's GodTube, a YouTube clone that is dedicated to Christian-themed videos. And while many of the videos GodTube has to offer are no more offensive in their pervasive stupidity than the majority of YouTube's slack-jawed amateur offerings, there is something a bit insidious about them.
"For the record, what is disturbing about many of GodTube's videos is not that they are done by Christians, or enthusiastically discuss topics like Intelligent Design, the immorality of homosexuality, etc. What is disturbing about GodTube is that it is an observable microcosm of the way that fundamentalist Christians have shut themselves off from any outside perspective. The result is mental and creative poverty."
"...fundamentalist Christians have shut themselves off from any outside perspective".
"...mental and creative poverty"
So tell us something we don't know.
I have not checked out GodTube yet, now I'm inclined to see what's going on over there.
Anyone have any thoughts? Seen anything good there? Anything bad?
If you have time, read the comments at the Wired article. As of this writing they are intelligent and generally not mean-spirited. An interesting conversation.
I looked at it but didn't feel compelled to watch any of the videos.
ReplyDeleteThere is one music video I like, I don't know if it's on there but its on YouTube - Chris Tomlin's song "Indescribable" set to beautiful scenery.
Barbara - I looked at it too but didn't see anything interesting.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard that song. I'll have to look it up. Thanks for the heads-up.
i think for me it resonates a lot with christians creating their own counterfeit/counterpoint culture, their own world, which has a lot of implications for how we view culture - we become escapers and duplicators rather than partcipators, influencers and shapers...
ReplyDeletePaul - I agree. Christians seem to think we're better off creating our own culture than living in the world around us. It's too bad, and we miss out on a lot.
ReplyDeletei liked the one with Kirk C and the Banana that defies atheism.
ReplyDeleteBanana= .45c per pound
Kirk C (washed up actor) = $1
Spurious "proofs" for the existence of god = priceless.
It's an electronic ghetto
ReplyDeleteMike - I haven't seen that one yet but everyone is talking about it. And, I agree.
ReplyDeleteMatt - I'm not sure I get what you mean...on the other hand, maybe I do.
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