[detsaoT]

Didn't see this posted (searched and got nothing). I'm happy to see this pantheon of modern American designer religion go under (Leave religion to those who practice it, duuuuudes). Other than that, just posting this for the record.

:) ttt

[Quila]

Somebody pushing belief in general, and being neutral on information, importance and time with respect to all religions just isn't wanted these days I guess. People want activism, fundamentalism, we're right and you're wrong, us vs. them hate.

[cicero's_son]

I actually knew these guys pretty well. Almost worked there a few years back. They're all very decent people, but they fundamentally mistook faith for content.

And the project itself attracted the vanity dollars of wealthy media types who saw in Beliefnet a chance to buy some cheap grace and--if they were lucky--make money doing it. It was doomed from the start.

[Cincinatus]

I actually had an interesting e-debate on this site about the 10 Commandments -- Greg Easterbrook wrote a very silly piece about how we could cut the 10 to 6, omitting the "exclusivity" Commandments relating to Jehovahan monotheism -- "designer Commandments". In other words, make the Judeo-Christian edifice simply an ethical belief system. The discussion that followed was most interesting. It convinced me that the militant secularization of our society has proceeded much further along than most people think.

[Fabozz]

"News broke last week that Beliefnet.com... went belly up in the stormy sea of nihilistic relativism."

Nihilistic relativism didn't kill it, having a lame-brained "new economy" advertising-driven business model did. DrKoop.com glowed red and disappeared, too, but nobody takes that as a sign that people are rejecting medicine and returning to bleeding and leeches.