Article: COLUMN: Vague religious views not uncommon

Carlos Figueroa
University Wire
02-21-2007
(Daily Nebraskan) (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- I love how Facebook added "Religious Views" to its bit of information about someone at the top of a profile. Like someone who uses Facebook really cares, right?

That may be a mistaken assumption, given the context of my surroundings, but most people I run across using Facebook are looking for that money-shot picture of the night before. They're not typically looking to see who changed their "Religious Views" heading. But maybe that's just me.

As such, I've seen people trying to get creative with the space, not wanting to fall into the "general" categories of Christian or Catholic. And yes, to be clear, I ...

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