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As you may know, our resident Nero has gone AWOL, so benevolent Scottish person, Jasmine Hancroft has agreed to begin the search for a replacement:
I am representing Hanja a lovely welcome area in SecondLife.
There has recently been a vacancy for our resident Nero who is sadly missing in action.
We would like to invite any interested parties who would care to replace please send there CV to Jasmine Hancroft.
In order to be considered for the post of resident Nero of Hanja you must meet the following criteria:
1. You must have a distinctive accent - Scottish is preferable but not essential
2. You must be opinionated.
3. Red hair is essential - non negotiable
4. Must be married or living with someone in real life
5. You must have children in real life
6. Must have charisma
7. Must not be afraid to express himself
8. Must be a gambler
9. Must be able to sing in tune
10. Must love Neslon Mandella
The Hanja Welcome center rests in the center of the Jeogeot continent.
It comprises the intersection of four sims including: Gukyeol, Hangeul, Hanja, and Idu
The four corners design allows the Hanja welcome center to hold up to one hundred sixty avatars.
Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. It refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation.
Hangul, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It was created in the mid-fifteenth century, and is now the official script of both North and South Korea.
Gukyeol and Idu are archaic writing systems that represents the Korean language using hanja.
From my observation, the most common faith in SecondLife is probably no faith at all. For a technologically driven social apparatus, it's not surprising that many, if not most, of the participants are atheists.
Yet, knowing faith isn't a major part of SecondLife, I built a church. Why?
I can tell you, it wasn't to proselytize or evangelize. I am a christian, but I wouldn't be foolish enough to ask anyone to follow me because I don't really know where I'm going. My only hope is that people find their own peace with what they believe, no matter what it is.
I built a church because churches do and mean a lot more than just spreading religion. Secondlife is a community, and communities need a place to mark the passing of the major milestones in life: birth, marriage, death, and for centuries most of the cultures SecondLife users belong to used churches as a place of meeting and sharing these experiences. Churches become focal points for communities, even when it's not a faith-based community.
Many functions of churches have nothing to do with the magical thinking most often associated with religion. We are communal creatures and, to me, places of worship celebrate this communal nature and give us a place to express it and share it.
My church looks like a typical Catholic or Anglican chapel, but that's only because most of the people I know in Secondlife come from that sort of western tradition, but also because it just appeals to me aesthetically.
It is not a Catholic or Anglican church though. It's not even particularly a christian church, and I've made an effort to incorporate symbols from many different faiths in it to respect the friend's I've made here who weren't from christian cultures, but also to express my considered opinion that it's unlikely any one faith can claim to really know "the truth" about life, so a reasonable man is willing to leave himself open to whatever he can learn from any or all of them.
There's a second reason I made a church in SecondLife though, and it addresses how the use of digital avatars to represent ourselves might be a pretty good metaphor for the ultimate question of "what is man?".
Are we: our physical body? our mind? our brain? our spirit? our digital avatar? What are we?
Many faiths talk about a second life to come after this one; a life without pain or want or suffering, and here in SecondLife, we've made just that. Is SecondLife a metaphor for heaven? Are we using this digital platform to create a model for ourselves of what we've always dreamed of?
One of the most common things you'll see new SecondLife users acquire and wear is angel's wings. There's an infinate variety of wings here, from the crude free ones to the elaborate scripted ones.
I don't know that I believe in angels per se, but could it be the angel archetype is so ingrained in us that it only seems fitting people should have wings when they get here?
Operated by Parktown regulars, Polyhistor Serpente and Quinby Hancroft, FuzzyBee offers clothing and well crafted, but low prim home furnishings. They're right across from the Hanja Hangout so check them out today!
Hanja residents held a demonstration yesterday to protest the suspension of fellow Hanjite, Sha Jinx earlier that week.
I've known Sha since my return to SecondLife Last year and have never known her to do anything even remotely in violation of the terms of service. Turning in a false abuse report on a person is in itself a violation of the terms of service, so I can only assume that who ever AR'ed Sha was either mistaken, in which case they should apologize, or were malicious, in which case payback is hell.
We'll keep this protest sign up on the Hanja Hangout until Sha Jinx is free.
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From my observation, the most common faith in SecondLife is probably no faith at all. For a technologically driven social apparatus, it's not surprising that many, if not most, of the participants are atheists.
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