Youtube Videos

Youtube videos concerning Jesus on Youtube span a wide array of topics ranging from the philosophical, religious, musical, and comedic. One video in particular had more hits that any other. The Video is called, "Why I hate religion, but love Jesus" the video consists of the performance of a poem a man has written explaining in his opinion the difference between Jesus and organized religion. He comes to the conclusion that  coming to Christ is a good thing, but doing so through organized religion may not be the best route. Interestingly, this video has spurned a series of responses from both atheists, muslims, and catholics. The dialogue taking place is interesting. Well, maybe the topic in and of itself isn't really that interesting, it seems to be the timeless debate which millions have fought over for centuries now, but to see this age old debate play out in the form of new media is particularly interesting. I suppose people just don't get tired of debating Jesus, and religion and Youtube has just given us a new way in doing so. Here is the Catholic response to the video, which I found more interesting than the original.

Another thing I found particularly interesting while searching my topic was the clash between "sacred" videos (I use sacred as way to describe homage videos to Christ) and what many would consider to be sacrilege videos. I've been thinking about how the bible was translated from Latin into the vernacular giving more people access to religious ideas, and how now through the internet we see that same pattern continue through the form of new media where people are both able to be exposed to more religious ideas, but also to express their opinions concerning their beliefs (or lack thereof) to a broad audience. I think this ability to respond, and actually be heard is very unique to new media.