GodBlock - Protect your children
I must say I was a bit surprised to find this. I know there are things like Netnanny and Cyberthisandthat for parents and their children. But this is mainly for sex, language, and gore. But GodBlock?
They list their rationale on the site. Pretty interesting. They suggest it's to protect children against the regressive/resistant aspects of fundamental religion with regard to social issues of our time.
Have a read:
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What Is It?
GodBlock is a web filter that blocks religious content. It is targeted at parents and schools who wish to protect their kids from the often violent, sexual, and psychologically harmful material in many holy texts, and from being indoctrinated into any religion before they are of the age to make such decisions. When installed properly, GodBlock will test each page that your child visits before it is loaded, looking for passages from holy texts, names of religious figures, and other signs of religious propaganda. If none are found, then your child is allowed to browse freely.
Why?
In the last century, the United States has seen a resurgence of fundamentalist religion. Fundamentalist Evangelicals, Mormons, Baptists, Muslims, and Jews have held back progress in science, human rights, civil rights, and protecting our environment. How can we reverse this trend and join the rest of the world in the gradual secularization of society and government?
Most deeply religious people are born into their religion, but even children raised in a secular household are vulnerable to content on the web. That's why we've produced GodBlock. GodBlock is a web filter that blocks religious content. It is targeted at parents and schools who wish to protect their kids from the often violent, sexual, and psychologically harmful material in many holy texts, and from being indoctrinated into any religion before they are of the age to make such decisions.
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What do you think?
Has religion and its presence on the Internet gotten out of hand?
Does this protect children, or does it shelter them from the real world?
Should we classify religious texts, content about religious figures, etc., as propaganda in this context, the Internet browsing experience of children?