Digital file sharing is now a sacred activity…In Sweden. The Missionary Church of Kopimism (yes, that’s “Copy Me-ism”) is now officially recognized as a religion in Sweden. The group asserts “communication is sacred,” and uses “Ctrl+C” and “Ctrl+V” as holy symbols. It was also reportedly created to provide legal protection for file sharers, although that might just be a myth of the “unfaithful” (i.e., “people without computers”).
Good thing to keep in mind next time you’re illegally downloading files-er, PRAYING.
Breakout Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is garnering a lot of attention these days, but perhaps not for all the reasons he’d like. Santorum, a conservative Catholic, is getting a lot of help from evangelicals, but is also seeing his religious views on abortion and homosexuality come under fire from a plethora of bloggers. Naturally, the twitterverse also couldn’t resist its own bit of snark (via @saraposner):
Yet despite all the evangelical/Catholic hubbub, some are reporting that Santroum might have belonged to a Jewish Fraternity in college. Didn’t see that coming, did yah?
Your Buddhist Tweet of the Day comes from Tricycle Magazine, which is having a bit of an issue with autocorrect:
Finally, your Intense Use of Time Lapse Photography in a Video of the Day is “Faith,” a video with time-lapse footage of an average day in Mecca.
FAITH | time-lapse from mecca from Hosain Hadi on Vimeo.
– Jack “Netizen” Jenkins