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A group of Evangelical Christians in Brazil created Facegloria as their own, sin-free, version of Facebook

Fluffy clouds waft across a blue sky as you log in and while you chat with friends, Gospel music rings out: welcome to Facegloria, the social network for Brazilian Evangelicals.

The new website's home page bears a passing resemblance to the global phenomenon Facebook.

But Facegloria, which has attracted 100,000 users in its first month, was set up to serve those who find billionaire entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg's version sinful.

There's no "liking" on Facegloria. Here, you click "Amen."

"On Facebook you see a lot of violence and pornography. That's why we thought of creating a network where we could talk about God, love and to spread His word," one of the founders, web designer Atilla Barros, told AFP.



Thiago, Davis, Daiane and Atilla, creators of the social network for evangelicals, FaceGloria

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It all started three years ago when Mr Barros and three other devout Christian colleagues working at the mayor's office in Ferraz de Vasconcelos, near Brazil's financial capital Sao Paulo, decided there was a market for a squeaky-clean version of Facebook.

Given that 42 million of Brazil's 202 million people are estimated to be Evangelicals – and the fervent Protestant movement continues to make inroads into traditionally dominant Catholicism – they might be right.

With help from the Ferraz de Vasconcelos mayor's own pocket, they set up a business with about $16,000 in start-up money and Facegloria was born.

Anyone can sign up to Facegloria.com, but if they do, they better mind how they behave.

Swearing is banned – there is a list of about 600 forbidden words – as is any violent or erotic content, or photo or video depictions of homosexual activity.

"We want to be morally and technically better than Facebook. We want all Brazilian Evangelicals to shift to Facegloria," said Mr Barros.

Behind the scenes, more than 20 volunteers patrol online to weed out bad language and to decide whether or not to allow potentially risqué selfies and bikini shots. Even pictures showing tobacco and alcohol get scrutinised for possible removal.

But the morality police don't have a hard job.



Created to discuss issues such as love, God, faith and where dirty language, violent and erotic content is forbidden, attracted more than 100,000 views in one month

"Our public doesn't publish these kinds of photos," said one of the volunteers, Daiane Santos, 26, who spends six hours a day working for Facegloria, in addition to his job at the town's commerce department.

Brazil has the world's biggest Roman Catholic population.

However Evangelicals, who numbered just six per cent of the population in 1980, are now 22 per cent, while the Catholic total has dropped from 90 per cent to 63 per cent.

At that rate, Evangelicals will become the majority by 2040 and Facegloria hopes to be riding the wave.

"Evangelicals have spread because of the intense urbanisation over the last 50 years," said Edin Abumanssur, an expert on religion at Sao Paulo's Catholic University.

"The Pentecostal message which is preached in the outskirts of cities and the favelas puts a lot of emphasis on the individual as being responsible for his behaviour if he wants help from God too.

"This kind of faith works well in cities."

The religious movement's influence is seen everywhere.

The biggest-selling books in Brazil over the last two years have been autobiographical works by Edir Macedo, who founded the powerful Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in 1977, and owns the country's third-biggest media group.

In parliament, politicians from the Evangelical wing have growing clout, while on the football pitch superstar Neymar has a cross tattooed on his neck.

Mr Barros expects Facegloria to become online Brazil's go-to site.

"In two years we hope to get to 10 million users in Brazil. In a month we have had 100,000 and in two we are expecting a big increase thanks to a mobile phone app," he said.

Acir dos Santos, the mayor of Ferraz de Vasconcelos, says there's no limit.

"Our network is global. We have bought the Faceglory domaine in English and in all possible languages. We want to take on Facebook and Twitter here and everywhere," he said.

SOURCE http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/11718235/Brazilian-Evangelicals-set-up-a-sin-free-version-of-Facebook.html


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Naija

I don't understand this our government ooooooooooooooo
...

The more you look, the less you see..

0955eb027:
hmmm! Its kinda TRUE tho... Buh I feel it applies to every MAN as well..

but ladies are most guilty of this.. Like CHAMELON... . they 've so many colors.

Ladies na true??

Well done

honourhim:
Beautiful and inspiring. God bless you OP.

and dear....and you too

joywendy:
Please what are you saying?

I don't understand you dear, are you a moderator?

Afrok:
lol.... Na true nah

hehehe

Melahou:
What God has joined together...

let no man put asunder
..

Afrok:
Don't come to facebook posting picture(s) of u wearing the matriculation gown of ur younger brother, claiming finally " year1, here i come" coz we know where u ar having ur UTME TUTORIAL CLASS...

already rotfl . . Nlanders, una no go kill person OOOOO

God of Daniel save you all

E no go better for the cause of their predicaments..

joywendy:
Why is this in the politics section?

I think this is "General" not "politics"..

hensben:
eeww! Like seriously

before nko?

Maxymilliano:
This is a bad advertisement for the government and the church.

no brother, of course fr Mbaka has a lot to do but not the cash, he can't kill himself.. it's up to the new government. ...


And I hope you read my post before commenting.

churchkilo:
this is emene Enugu,this road is just a show of shame to the government of Enugu state because I see no reason why every road in Emene should be this dilapidated and the government seem not to be moved to put them in good shape not minding that this is an industrial estate

the same location of the only International Airport in South-east..

WukedP:
Nice one

thanks

hensben:
show me pls.

look up..

hensben:
Wat? Same enugu I heard is next to cape town before abuja in terms of development.

Naija n hyping are synonymous.

let me show you the state of our railway around Oye market Emene

nuelzy:
what?? and dey said Enugu is classier dan Anambra...tseew#nah old glory sha

Lol

More

Hmmmm, Government of enugu state, pls help us the adorers.. .




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benkings:
I dny seem to get ur point with this ur story

try reading again bro. .

TheYoungRebel:
I love this.

me too

In a mother’s womb , where there were two babies. One asked the other:
“Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”
“Nonsense” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?”
The second said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.”
The first replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.”
The second insisted, “Well I think there is something and maybe it’s different than it is here. Maybe we won’t need this physical cord anymore.”
The first replied, “Nonsense. And moreover if there is life, then why has no one has ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.”
“Well, I don’t know,” said the second, “but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us.”
The first replied “Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That’s laughable. If Mother exists then where is She now?”
The second said, “She is all around us. We are surrounded by her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her this world would not and could not exist.”
Said the first: “Well I don’t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn’t exist.”
To which the second replied, “Sometimes, when you’re in silence and you focus and you really listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above.”
- Útmutató a Léleknek

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emmanuel2015:
una fast to reply o, nawa

before nko?? u tink say na only u sharp? ? . hehehe