The Internet is My Religion

Today, hashtags are used to start something. You can put anything after # and what follows becomes a community, a movement, something that matters. It has become the symbol of the internet. For me, # is the symbol of a connected humanity. It represents my faith that people, connected, can create a new world.

believe in #. I believe that we are God, the internet is our savior, and our purpose is to create the world we want. Each one of us is a creator. And together, we are The Creator.

You can build a community, you can raise money, you can harness the gifts and talents of strangers you’ve never even met, because they believe in your story, your vision, you. You can lead.

The internet illuminates what has always been—our interconnectedness. The internet is not a tool or a thing. It is how we communicate with God. It is sacred. Holy.

I believe that there is a new worldview. One based on internet values and the connectedness of all humanity—where instead of waiting for a savior, we create the future. And I now know that I’m not the only one who feels this way.

If God is humanity connected, then the internet is God incarnate; a manifestation of our connection, a rudimentary form of hyperconnected humanity.