http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?article12506
[Journal Chretien] 19 June 2007--Second Life is a three-dimensional imaginary world built and populated by seven million real people. Since it opened on the internet in 2003, it has grown explosively to become a vast digital continent on which people buy and sell property, carry out business and pursue similar leisure activities to those in real life.
Residents exist in Second Life as “avatars” – 3D representations they construct which might or might not correspond to their real-life selves. Through these avatars they can explore, meet other residents, socialise, participate in individual and group activities and create and trade items.
In the midst of this virtual world, a group of Anglicans from around the world have banded together to buy an island and build a fully-fledged medieval-style cathedral. The group is headed by the CEO of the Bible Society of New Zealand, Mark Brown, who in Second Life goes by the name Arkin Ariantho.
As more and more people retreat into the fantasy worlds of virtual reality, one must wonder how this development will impact the Christian faith.
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