It’s a fake.

Though i’m not catholic i use my iPad in church services, i cam make the text big and find the bible verses fast, also it’s great for taking notes and recording audio clips of the bible studies, in deed this little magical device came from above, thank you lord :)

Strange, the priest does not dress the sacred vestments… very strange.

The Italian church that is seen in the photo is very pretty. I thinh that it is of the late rinascimento LOL

I’m with you Nicole. Why is it hard to believe that technology can be used in church? I have seen an iPad used to hold sermon notes before, and why not? It’s a great tool. I am an elder in my church (Christian) and have no problem with someone preaching and using an iPad as a tool. It’s just a tool, newer than paper, but a better tool is a better tool.

QUOTED: I can never get past the paradox of such a primitive ceremonial faith system using a complex progressive machine that would not have existed if the faith system had had it’s way and all experimentation and discovery had been stopped.

It works exactly this way in a Star Trek episode.

Happend on iPad release weekend:
http://obamapacman.com/2010/04/ipad-easter-church-service-cameo-is-it-holy/

Well, I know personally Don Michele Bigi and I can assure you he really exists. Why don’t you believe that a priest can use technology celebrating a Mass?

Quote: I can never get past the paradox of such a primitive ceremonial faith system using a complex progressive machine that would not have existed if the faith system had had it’s way and all experimentation and discovery had been stopped.

My reply:

This is true of some periods of the history of the Catholic Church, but not the case with all Christians, nor even true with all periods of the history of the Catholic Church. Some of the biggest technological advancements of the middle ages were financed or even done by priests and monks. Our modern day alphabet was established by monks making copies of the scriptures. Before the age of enlightenment most men of science were also men of the cloth. Think of Mendel and his pea plants, who helped us to gain our first understanding of genetics and inheritance. Think of Sir Isaac Newton, who was an extremely devout Christian, who published entire works on interpreting Biblical prophecies.

Also it is not true that the Catholic Church ever wanted “all experimentation and discovery stopped”, as many believe. Back then any new discovery was a discovery of how God did something, and was praised. The Vatican even financed, yes, paid for, such discoveries to be made! The only time they got upset was if someone, such as Copernicus, contradicted their interpretation of scripture, such as by saying that the Earth isn’t the centre of the universe. Of course the Bible said no such thing, it was just Church dogma misinterpreting simple Bible verses which said the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Which it does. But that doesn’t mean the sun circles the earth. They had instead copied pagan teachings about the Earth being surrounded by layers of transparent circles, on which the sun and all the planets rest. The Bible said no such thing, so they searched it to find any scripture that might a bit somewhat sound a little bit like it supported their pagan (mostly Greek and scientifically wrong) dogma.

And that’s how Copernicus got put on trial. So the Church’s crime wasn’t trying to stop all experimentation and discovery. No, they loved that. Their crime was misrepresenting the scriptures and misinterpreting them to fit the beliefs of some pagan philosophers who got their ideas about the Earth completely wrong.

Interestingly, the Bible says the Earth “hangs upon nothing” and is a “circle” (the original Hebrew word meaning ‘sphere’). And, er, it is. If only the Church had stuck to what the Bible says, then they may not have the same reputation as they have now.

I am a pastor, not a Catholic priest. But, I bought an iPad on day one, and preached from it the next day, Easter Sunday. I have preached from it every Sunday since. I write my messages on my MacBook Pro, save them as a pdf, and then move them to my iPad, where I view them in GoodReader to preach from them.

The message of Christ is timeless – the method changes all the time. My Bible is in my iPhone and my iPad, although I certainly have many print Bibles. But, the printed Bible itself as we know it is fairly new “technology.” In fact, it was the Bible that was the object of the first printing press by Gutenberg.

To all the pastors and fellow believers.

Don’t bother wasting your time with the goofy religion haters. I have in the past tried to have a civil conversation with many people who are non believers and its always the same outcome. They continue to hate on Christianity even when you bring enough facts to prove their beliefs wrong. The best approach towards such people is leave them alone and let God deal with them. In the end they have nobody to blame but themselves.

P.S.
To add on to some of the past examples during the Renaissance Era the Catholic Church was also responsible for much research in astronomy and even during the dark ages there were enough monks who also documented many of their findings in the field of astronomy as well as mathematics.

Before anyone brings the name Galileo up I also point out it was the extremists and a corrupted papacy which was financed by the nobles of the time who put Galileo on trial for heresy. Truth be known there were enough clergy during Galileo’s era who supported his ideas as well as scientists who were full practicing Christians.

Catholic Masses are not celebrated with a Bible, but with a Missal that contains the propers for the day and the order of the Mass.

Picky, but…