{"id":64983,"date":"2023-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hearts-sciencecom.local\/will-the-metaverse-give-rise-to-new-gods-and-belief-systems\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T11:43:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:43:33","slug":"will-the-metaverse-give-rise-to-new-gods-and-belief-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearts-science.com\/en-gb\/will-the-metaverse-give-rise-to-new-gods-and-belief-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the metaverse give rise to new gods and belief systems?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simon Carr asks if Roblox and Fortnite are the new churches of the modern world, as he assesses virtual altars to worship at and future congregations to join.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019s going to be much better than 2022\u2026 Covid looks likely to strike back, there\u2019s no sign of an end to the war in Ukraine, and the World Bank is making ominous noises about the global economy falling into recession.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the-media-leader.com\/will-the-metaverse-give-rise-to-new-gods-and-belief-systems\/#:~:text=Simon%20Carr%20is%20chief%20strategy,from%20a%20media%2Dplanning%20lens.\">Click here to read the full article at The Media Leader.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are Roblox and Fortnite are the new churches of the modern world?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":60668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-hearts-en-gb-2","category-industry-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Will the metaverse give rise to new gods and belief systems? &#8211; Hearts &amp; Science<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Your privacy is important to us. 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