I found an interesting headline of "Hi-tech holy water calms flu fear" on the BBC news website yesterday.
According to the article, due to fear of spreading swine flu infection, a new invention of automatic holy water dispensers, which is controlled by infra-red light sensor like auto water taps in traditional water font shape, is getting popular among catholic churches in Italy, while traditional holy water fonts are suspended to use. Furthermore, the inventor "Mr Maerabese says he is receiving hundreds of emails from all over the world requesting information about the product."("Hi-tech holy water calms flu fear", 2009, Global interest, ¶2)
Even though the article doesn't mention if holy water fonds spread swine flu actually, it shows that people's fear of infection can allow hi-tech to enter even the religious field. It seems that Religion is not almighty for people to believe in but hi-tech is more reliable. Moreover, it seems that people prefer new and unusual things than conservative ones after all.
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References
Hi-tech holy water calms flu fear. (2009, November 11). BBC News. Retrived Nobember 12, 2009 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8356019.stm
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