The exponential growth of the Cyber society and Cyber culture within the Internet has not gone unnoticed by the “religious community.” As I write, church web sites are being published and electronic prayer groups zip by in modems and wire networks across the globe. Even isolated monasteries like the Monastery of the Christ in the Desert (see sidebar) are able to send their Benedictine messages from their cloister in New Mexico. New age religions also …showed first 75 words of 1290 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1290 total…essential part of this “new virtual society.” Although I am neither able nor qualified to predict the outcome of Religion’s presence in the Internet, I am confident that Religion would always be present in any society. Humans may think of themselves as modern creatures who have a firm grip on scientific evidence and reality, but there will always be some who will seek spiritual side of the truth. This is where Religion works best.