Christianity in 2040

Type	Speculative scenario
Year	2011

In 2011, the number of internet users outclassed the 2.1billions of Christians. This figure marked the birth of a new era where information became a religion in itself, with the Internet as its God. The Christening ceremony that yesterday celebrated the start of ones spiritual existence is today replaced by the implant procedure of a computing bio-chip: the iBios.
Following the increasing loss of mind share that the Christian Church started to face in the late 2010’s, the Vatican took drastic measures in order to survive. Churches and monasteries were sold, priests and other staff had to revoke, the cult was redesign to be more user-friendly and appeal more broadly. In an effort to make God available anytime and anywhere, the Com-Fess service was inaugurated.
In a last attempt to survive, the Vatican decided to organise the resurrection of Jesus. The task is given to a movie production studio in Bollywood. Announce is made that Jesus has actually been hibernating in space and is about to do his come back on earth.

Christianity in 2040 is a fiction that I imagined as a proposal for the mini-project required for the entrance examination of the Design Interactions MA at the Royal College of Art. The brief invited applicants to reinterpret, re-brand, reinvigorate, refresh a tale or mythical figure by employing contemporary technological, medical, psychotherapeutic, politically corrected, spin facilitated, beauty treated methods and systems.

Apple iBios - human biochip: 2030 | Design: Apple

Com-Fess - Tele-confession device: 2020 | Design: RichardDick Design

Space Cross - Jesus heaven cruiser: 2040 | Production: Pixar Bollywood