# Is this website url seem too religious? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660 "2014-10-18T05:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/1 "2014-10-18T05:27:36Z")
Hey all, So I’m thinking about starting a site based around current news about stem cell research, but with everything kind of touching on my personal experience with it and why I think it’s so desperately important. A great title came to me! But then, well, I kind of saw a possible issue with it… > **[Christian Based Clothing Brand - Cross Bottom Sandals](https://walkinhisfootsteps.com/)** > > Walk in His Footsteps is a Christian based clothing brand. We have a patented flip flop with a cross inlaid in the sole to leave an impression of the cross with every step. Learn more.... O.o. If you see this name, what would you think of? It has a personal spiritual meaning for me, and it’s related very much to the stem cell issues, but… I can kind of see how it might give the wrong impression. This isn’t really a religious site (although there would be a lot of information about why there are no religious reasons to reject stem cell therapy, contrary to what most people believe. We really need a lot of public education!) What does everyone think? ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/2 "2014-10-18T05:41:37Z")
It sounds very religious to me. It’s part of the first line of a hymn sung in our church, so maybe that’s why. Whether it’s too religious, though, would depend on the person looking at the name, I would think. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/3 "2014-10-18T06:00:49Z")
Yup, I’d definitely assume it was a religious site and would not click the link. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/4 "2014-10-18T06:07:19Z")
It seems _entirely_ religious. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/5 "2014-10-18T06:43:47Z")
It sounds nothing \*but \*religious, and a glurgey fundy type religion at that. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/6 "2014-10-18T07:07:49Z")
Not only does it sound quite religious, it sounds very much like a place where the morality of scientific research is challenged, not embraced. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/7 "2014-10-18T08:01:15Z")
Yes, definately. What kind of site would you guess is at this url? [www.jihad.net](http://www.jihad.net) ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/8 "2014-10-18T08:16:14Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Yes, definately. > What kind of site would you guess is at this url? > [www.jihad.net](http://www.jihad.net) BTW it is spelt “definitely” - though I used to spell it your way too… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/9 "2014-10-18T09:00:20Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Yes, definately. > What kind of site would you guess is at this url? > [www.jihad.net](http://www.jihad.net) I’m sure that some people don’t notice because they don’t have Viglink blocked, but, for the rest of us, your link is broken, due to getting your tags reversed. Try this: [www.jihad.net](http://www.jihad.net) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/10 "2014-10-18T09:57:47Z")
> [@Anise](#): > > Hey all, > > So I’m thinking about starting a site based around current news about stem cell research, but with everything kind of touching on my personal experience with it and why I think it’s so desperately important. A great title came to me! But then, well, I kind of saw a possible issue with it… > > [www.walkbyfaithnotbysight.com](http://www.walkbyfaithnotbysight.com) > > O.o. If you see this name, what would you think of? It has a personal spiritual meaning for me, and it’s related very much to the stem cell issues, but… I can kind of see how it might give the wrong impression. This isn’t really a religious site (although there would be a lot of information about why there are no religious reasons to reject stem cell therapy, contrary to what most people believe. We really need a lot of public education!) > What does everyone think? It certainly does not look as though it would be about stem cell research, or any sort of science, come to that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/11 "2014-10-18T10:16:45Z")
> [@Anise](#): > > Hey all, > > So I’m thinking about starting a site based around current news about stem cell research, but with everything kind of touching on my personal experience with it and why I think it’s so desperately important. A great title came to me! But then, well, I kind of saw a possible issue with it… > > [www.walkbyfaithnotbysight.com](http://www.walkbyfaithnotbysight.com) > > O.o. If you see this name, what would you think of? It has a personal spiritual meaning for me, and it’s related very much to the stem cell issues, but… I can kind of see how it might give the wrong impression. This isn’t really a religious site (although there would be a lot of information about why there are no religious reasons to reject stem cell therapy, contrary to what most people believe. We really need a lot of public education!) > What does everyone think? If one part of your thesis is that there are no faith-based reasons to reject stem cell therapy and another is that we need more education of the public, that’s strikes me as walking by sight, not faith. The proposed name of your website would seem to blur this fact. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/12 "2014-10-18T11:09:41Z")
I would expect that site to have the opposite point of view that you are proposing (would be anti-science) and be very religious. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/13 "2014-10-18T11:26:10Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I would expect that site to have the opposite point of view that you are proposing (would be anti-science) and be very religious. Exactly. Seeing the url I would not follow the link, which would be a shame, given what you are trying to promote/discuss. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/14 "2014-10-18T11:56:53Z")
That’s probably the least ‘science-researchy’ link name possible. I certainly would not be tempted to click on it. Something like stemcellfaith.whatever might get your idea across a bit more clearly. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/15 "2014-10-18T12:14:28Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > BTW it is spelt “definitely” Thank God for stem cells and **JohnClay**. ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/16 "2014-10-18T15:36:05Z")
That url reads to me as a very anti-science website. I’m curious why faith would be in the url at all. If you do get the site running let us know as I’d be very interested in your information. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/17 "2014-10-18T15:43:48Z")
I only read the OP up to the website name. It sounds over the top religious to me. I mean, anything with the word ‘faith’ in it, to me, implies religion (yes, I know, I’m just inferring it). But if I were looking for information about things related to stem cell research (or people’s experiences with it), I’d go right past that cite as just being an random site that made it’s way into the results…probably because it had an entry _against_ stem cell research since it sounds like the site is about how you should just close your eyes and let god lead you down your path and why would you want to let science meddle in that. So, if your site isn’t religious, don’t use the word faith in the web address. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/18 "2014-10-18T16:44:13Z")
It is a [phrase taken from the Bible](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+5%3A7&version=KJV). Not that that automatically makes it “too religious”: [plenty of secular books have titles taken from the Bible](http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8866.Book_Titles_Based_on_Lines_from_the_Bible). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/19 "2014-10-18T17:06:42Z")
I agree with everyone else. May I ask the story behind the idea for the name, or an explanation of how you interpreted it non-religiously? ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660/20 "2014-10-18T21:05:31Z")
I think the name is great in that it would attract people most in need of the education and ignorance fighting that you seem to want to do. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-website-url-seem-too-religious/701660.md?page=2)