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Title: Second Life Loses Gamblers But Finds God - Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek Post by: Mark David on August 06, 2007, 02:37:51 PM Second Life Loses Gamblers But Finds God - Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
An Italian Catholic priest is urging the faithful to participate in Second Life as a way to keep people from losing touch with the real world, though Linden Lab's decision to ban gambling may reconnect more people with reality than spiritual intervention. In the recent issue of La Civilta Cattolica, a Vatican-approved religious journal, the Rev. Antonio Spadaro explores the popularity of Second Life and advises his readers to visit the virtual world. He recommends experiencing the world from the inside to understand its potential and risk. The risk "is the alienation, the shelter in a fictitious and painless world" that may lead people "to lose the contact with 'first life' and its incomparable wealth," he said, as translated by Google. Read More.. (http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=S4M2M1RJBZBI4QSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201201920) |