God’s Email Address: New Social Network Focused on Faith

Recently, ReputationDefender heard about a new social network on the internets. Coming out of Australia, this particular network isn’t a carbon copy of MySpace and Facebook. The name of this new network is Xt3.com, and of course, like all social network sites, it is looking for new members. But this particular site is looking to get you for more than a login ID; they want your soul.

As the Sydney Morning Herald explains:

CARDINAL GEORGE PELL prefers the pen to the computer; it was not that long ago that he was resisting the mobile phone and email.

But the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, who turned 67 this month, has become a convert to the potential of the virtual world for evangelizing.

Xt3, which stands for Christ in the third millennium, is like Facebook. Where it differs from Facebook is the content: users can join groups, post events, volunteer for charities, chat to a priest, post prayer intentions and join online debates within the church about social justice, ethical teachings and theology.

It is interesting to see the concept of social networks being applied to something very social like religion. The internet already has religion-specific dating sites like jdate.com but this is the first that we’ve ever seen of a faith-based social network. Of course, the real question is whether or not the content will be reviewed and indexed by the big G itself: Google.