Jesus Christ Superstar

In the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Judas sings:

Ev'ry time I look at you

I don't understand

Why you let the things you did

Get so out of hand

You'd have managed better

If you'd had it planned

Now why'd you choose such a backward time

And such a strange land?

If you'd come today

You could have reached a whole nation

Isreal in 4 BC

Had no mass communication

Of course, as technology has progressed it is easier than ever to reach the whole world or become an internet sensation through mass communication. But I wonder if Jesus would have success today, even with the help of the internet. It is true that it is easier than ever to create a global phenomenon but, perhaps as a consequence of our post-enlightenment ideals, people in the west have become at times cynical and/or apathetic towards organised religion. The availability and freedom of ideas and beliefs on the web means that someone who was heralded as the Messiah by one group probably wouldn't gain as much of a following as Jesus and Christianity has in the last 2000 years.

Having said that, the prevalence of religion and spirituality online has meant that it is easier than ever to hear a genuine Christian message; but is it as sacred as the original message? Or does it not even matter?