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Smartphones Receive Holy Blessing
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.'"
We care because sampenzus is posting idle shit outside of idle and cluttering up the other sections.
It's not terribly odd - the church has been in the practice of blessing man's vices for some time. The church has a hostory of blessing pipes, why not tech gadgets? http://theophiliacs.com/2009/01/24/theology-and-pipe-smoking-part-ii/
Believe it or not, we church goers don't teleport from home to church & back again. We might walk there, or possibly drive, and then maybe be crazy and go somewhere else after wards. What are we supposed to do, leave the things at the door?
They do have off buttons you know :o)
Easy. Just go to "Help and Accounts" -> "Classic Index" -> "Authors" and untick samzenpus... which is what I have now done. See you folks later.
It's just a new take on an old custom. Here in Belgium there's a lot of (older) people who get their car blessed once a year during the pilgrimage to Scherpenheuvel. It's silly but hey to each his own.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
Let me google that for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Lawrence_Jewry
They didn't just call it that, you know. Buildings in Europe can be centuries old, back when attitudes or conventions were different. Enlighten thyself.
Faith != Confidence.
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
The name is a reference to its location.
From its website:
"St. Lawrence was first built in 1136 in the east end of London in the old Jewish quarter..."