The body of Christ, uploaded for you?

I've often joked about starting an online church, but let's face it - I'm way too much of a traditionalist for that, no matter how happy it might make my inner geek in some twisted way. ;)

But it was inevitable that some ministries would attempt to reach the worldwide mission field that is the Internet. Church of Fools (www.churchoffools.com) is an experiment being run by the British publisher Ship of Fools. Services will be held in a 3D environment populated by avatars (digital representations of worshipers and clergy) who can pray, whisper to each other in the pews, and more.

As quoted in
The New York Times: "Church of Fools is the first site to make religion the focus of the kind of interactive role-playing common in multiplayer combat games or Web fantasy worlds."

I'll have to catch services there and see if they're up to snuff. They're at 3:00p CDT. Stephen Tomkins, an author of religious biographies, is on tap for the sermon.