The article, “The Sacred and the Profane” deals with the popular game Second Life that we have discussed a lot in class. The article was written by a blogger who blogs a lot about Second Life named Wagner James Au. In the article Au interviews a fellow second lifer named Rafin Grimm, the main question of the interview, “Why he disassembled his Roman Catholic cathedral?” Rafin wanted to make a Church based on Catholic beliefs where Grimm states, “I try to be good and o good things.” Grimm stated that the reason he tore his Church down was because it was causing a lot more problems than good, as well as the fact that no one seemed to use the Church.
As Au pries more into the questions, Grimm stated that a lot of people were supportive of the idea of a church but not the church itself. Through the whole interview two fellow second lifers are in Grimm’s apartment where a woman named wench Phaeton and a man in leather chaps are doing “innuendo drenched” activity. Grimm stated that he found himself in a position in which he had to defend his faith to others, and that he didn’t feel qualified. Grimm found that most of the people in Second Life were atheist and therefore thought Grimm was trying to make a statement about faith with the Church.
Wench and her leather chaps man named Angel start discussing M-rated activities during the interview but added that they didn’t do anything in the Church because they respect Grimm’s beliefs. Au asks Grimm about wench and he tells Au that they are his friends and that he doesn’t judge them just like people shouldn’t judge him with his Church. When asked if he thinks atheists are attracted to Second Life Grimm said no but, “I just think it is becoming more and more the belief of society.” Grimm says that a lot of young people tend to stray from religion. He also suggests that people come to Second Life to get out “sin” or promiscuous sex urges, because in the game you can do pretty much anything you want. In the end Au states that Grimm hopes to do things in the future that involve his faith.
