Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app

samgriffiths

The Catholic Church has approved an iPhone app that helps guide worshippers through confession.

The Confession program has gone on sale through iTunes for £1.19 ($1.99).

Described as "the perfect aid for every penitent", it offers users tips and guidelines to help them with the sacrament.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12391129


Will you be confessing digitally? thoughts?

Habboi

Well...it seems there really is an app for everything.

But why does it cost money? Why isn't it free?

bbob

Bwahaha, IM confessions? Brilliant!

Habboi wrote: »

...why does it cost money? Why isn't it free?

Thats the protestants your thinking about. Catholics never had any problem monetizing God. They invented papal indulgences, remember?

pior

Shit, someone helps me program an official iphone SantaClaus app! Instant cash guaranteed... It could even be sold as a bundle ...

seforin

probably the same principle as donations to a church, you donate the buck for the app is the same as going to mass for a few hours and donating a buck or 2 for the chuch in the end.

Rurouni Strife

Wow that's surprising. Look at us Catholics, embracing technology.

Not a terribly Idea for the very penitent really. Sounds more like it's note pad for your sins, plus your standard library of prayers and probably a step by step confession guide. Should be in the pocket of every believer!

Problem is...2 bucks. Really. When I can just go to Church and pick up a pamphlet? The things the church does for money. Like anything. Nice comment bbob, totally right.

PogoP

Awesome! I've been waiting for an app to keep track of all my sins, I'm so happy this has finally been released.

HonkyPunch

Now I can go on a binge rape spree and confess as I go!
Thanks Jesus!

r_fletch_r

Next will be a app with excuses for priests.
'He was just sitting on my lap'

daphz

what a world we live in.

Japhir

haha. Nice one fletch.

DrunkShaman

HonkyPunch wrote: »

Now I can go on a binge rape spree

there's an app for that <.<

Habboi

'He was just sitting on my lap'

Sounds like DLC for this app :P

samgriffiths

This new-found digital age of religion is only because richard dawkins and christopher hitchens have slain religion so much in the past 5 years, lol.

check out www.richarddawkins.net

very interesting news stories and documentarys to-do with science, religion, etc.

I recommend it :P

rawkstar

keep track of your sins... brilliant

Makkon

1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;


lu·cre   
[loo-ker] –noun
monetary reward or gain; money.

Skamberin

Thank God, I, guess?

Ged

funny idea for an app, if the catholic church didnt do it someone else probably would hehe.

samgriffiths wrote: »

richard dawkins and christopher hitchens have slain religion so much in the past 5 years, lol.

I dont think working towards the destruction of other peoples cultures and beliefs is a very noble thing to do, honestly I find this article on cracked.com kinda funny and more enlightening reading on the subject http://www.cracked.com/article_15759_10-things-christians-atheists-can-and-must-agree-on.html

Skamberin

Man, I think everyone can practice their religion as long as it doesn't prohibit scientifict progress, human progress and others right to practice whatever they believe in. I guess that's why the whole Scientology debacle rubs me wrong in many ways.

One way is obvious, the "scamming" part.
But why is Scientology "silly and terrible" and other religions not?

I guess hypocrisy comes as natural to people as fear.

Personally I wish for a period of time with rekindled interest in the older religions, like Norse/Greek/Egyptian/Assyrian Religion, which are just as much a religion as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism.

Or even better, make a new one, with hookers and black jack.

Makkon

Ged: That was a great article!!! Thanks for the good read, man! I'm facebooking that one
Not to mention some of those pics were priceless...

Ged

Skamberin wrote: »

But why is Scientology "silly and terrible" and other religions not?

If you had 5 sons that look very very similar to the passer by in looks and mannerisms but actually at heart they are very different people but where the rest of them are fairly approachable one of them misbehaves in secret and refuses to let you know much about himself, would you say it is justified to punish all 5 sons because they are so similar to the one who is misbehaving?

thanks makkon, yeah its a bit of a long article but a decent read if you find yourself in these conversations from time to time.