Downloading the mysteries.(religion and the internet)(Brief Article)

National Catholic Reporter | March 30, 2001| | Copyright

I had no idea what I was doing -- and had no business doing it.

Late one night I set out in search of a radio station over the Internet. I had in mind some obscure broadcast emanating from the foggy highlands of Peru or the smoggy depths of Mexico City. Isn't this what cyberspace is all about? Once we sat around bonfires; now we warm ourselves by a flickering computer screen, spreading gossip, catching up on the news.

There was only one problem. I had only recently bought a computer. I took a class and for the first time learned the difference between the ...

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