The thing I learned from Beliefnet is to widen my view of what's out there. It's made me study the Bible a lot more and get more personal in my prayer life with God. They are at the site, which is unaffiliated with any organized religion, to join in a cross-cultural conversation about God. Ray primarily visits the site because it is nondenominational. Clubs or MSN's Communities.
Denominations commonly have their own chat rooms, and congregants always have talked after services.
But Web visitors say they feel more free to explore ideas when they venture outside their doctrinal niche. She describes her chats as faith-strengthening. If the Internet costs organized religion part of its authority, organized religion will have to live with that, Hershfield said. Flood's chats with members of other religions help him to see those faiths' worth, he said. That makes God worth following.