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Related: About this forumTwitter is courting evangelicals. "Twitter is just made for the Bible."
"...evangelical Christian leaders whose inspirational messages of Gods love perform about 30 times as well as Twitter messages from pop culture powerhouses like Lady Gaga. ...
And so, with this new insight, the company sent a senior executive, Claire Díaz-Ortiz, on a mission: to bring more religious leaders into the Twitter fold. ...
'Pastors tell me, Twitter is just made for the Bible ,' Ms. Díaz-Ortiz said."
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/technology/christian-leaders-are-powerhouses-on-twitter.html
And so, with this new insight, the company sent a senior executive, Claire Díaz-Ortiz, on a mission: to bring more religious leaders into the Twitter fold. ...
'Pastors tell me, Twitter is just made for the Bible ,' Ms. Díaz-Ortiz said."
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/technology/christian-leaders-are-powerhouses-on-twitter.html
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Twitter is courting evangelicals. "Twitter is just made for the Bible." (Original Post)
salvorhardin
Jun 2012
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woodsprite
(11,924 posts)1. The Bible in 140 chars at a time.
It's gonna take a long time to do that.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)2. Easier to cherry pick. n/t
Bad Thoughts
(2,531 posts)3. Short phrases out of context?
Sounds about right.
daaron
(763 posts)4. Short snips of uninteresting fluff.
Twitter's just another fad like Facebook. I lost interest after about 2 days. YAWN!
Just shows how shallow and intellectually vacuous our culture has become. Making me sad and a little angry, TBH.
Viva_Daddy
(785 posts)5. Oh good! Another way to Twitter away my time.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)6. The great thing about
Twitter, is..if someone says something out of place or stupid, people will respond. For every bible phrase or related thing, there will be a response back, and it may not always be.. "Amen".