Love Twitter, except for all the sex and depravity? (Okay, perhaps you don't have sex or depravity in your tweet stream. Bear with us.)

Now you can turn to the Lord, or somebody's 140-character-per-post facsimile thereof. Christian Chirp offers itself up as the family- (and divinity-) friendly alternative to Twitter.

The site was started by James L. Paris after he claims he was supended from Twitter for defending Rush Limbaugh, then received "gay romance" spam shortly after his account was restored.

Paris, points out AlterNet, wrote a book in 1992 called Financial Boot Camp for Christians and founded a Web site "that promises to MAKE YOU MONEY FAST!"

This becomes clear with a quick trip through the site, which seems less like a righteous alternative to Twitter than a social marketing project to drive traffic to Paris' real business: taking money from Christians.

With banner ads for "Christian Internet Income" (a seminar series run by Paris) and the two most popular user groups being "Making Money Online as a Christian" and "Christian Stewardship" ("Ideas and strategy for Christian money management") -- both of which link back to Paris -- this is less a play for piety than savvy (if crude) marketing to a malleable audience.

Granted, it's more of a business plan than Twitter has yet to unveil, but comparatively, the San Francisco, sin-drenched real thing doesn't seem to have anything to worry about.