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Smartphones Receive Holy Blessing

Posted by samzenpus on from the blessed-are-the-phone-makers dept.

jeffmeden writes "Plow Monday is normally for blessing laborers and their tools; as the name suggests it is aimed at those who work the land. A church service in London, England Monday decided to go after a more modern audience: office workers and their modern communication gadgets. From the Times article: 'The congregation at St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London raised their mobiles and iPods above their heads and Canon Parrott raised his voice to the heavens to address the Lord God of all Creation. "May our tongues be gentle, our e-mails be simple and our websites be accessible," he said.'"

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  1. Re:The funny bit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...raised their mobiles and iPods above their heads

    Taking your iPod to church? Why?

    Religion sure is a weird business.

    To check if your neighbour had a model worth coveting?

  2. Not to be left out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Something similar was tried recently at a Synagogue - the laptops got paraded around on chairs, the iPods were wrapped in a handkerchief and stepped on and the cell phones got the end of their antennas cut off.

  3. Technical support by ilsaloving · · Score: 3, Funny

    After examining many badly managed and virus ridden machines, I've often declared that nothing short of a reformat and an exorcism is going to get it working again.

    It's nice to know that *someone* is finally following through with my recommendations.

  4. random thoughts... by Theodore · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, would the sound of a 300 baud modem connecting be equivalent to Gregorian chant now?
    Is renewing DHCP equivalent to confession and absolution?
    Is SMTP prayer? What does God do when you spam him?
    Does your firewall have an angel with a flaming sword? Ours does.
    And should they really be using wireless if Lucifer is the Lord of the Air?

  5. Re:The funny bit... by sznupi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just the iPods need exorcisms.

    --
    One that hath name thou can not otter
  6. Ooookaaaayyy... by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 3, Funny

    May our tongues be gentle, our e-mails be simple and our websites be accessible...

    And the congregation responds: And may porn flow freely without fear of spam and malware.

    --
    That is all.
  7. Re:How is this by derGoldstein · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you don't care, why did you post? Take your hateful bullshit elsewhere.

    This is Slashdot. This *is* where people take their hateful bullshit.

    --
    Entomologically speaking, the spider is not a bug, it's a feature.
  8. Re:The funny bit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There's an app for that.

  9. Exorcism for Windows viruses by Jon_Hanson · · Score: 3, Funny

    They need an exorcism ritual for Windows viruses as well.