iPhone = Work of the Devil?

by heathervescent

Lore Sjöberg, Wired columnist, humorously posits the iPhone is the magical work of the devil!

The central pentagram in Apple's vile altar of temptation takes the form of "gestures," hand movements used to control the device. Wiggle your fingers at the iPhone and it does your bidding. Does that not sound familiar? Is that not one of the main ingredients in the blasphemous bisque of sorcery?

Keep in mind as you consider this dire news that Apple is also one of the main proponents of so-called "voice recognition" technology. Every Macintosh computer they ship includes this "feature," allowing you to command your computer using the power of your voice, much as Harry Potter commands demons to do Satan's work.

Another feature provided by the iPhone is the ability to play videos from anywhere in the world. Think of your child gazing into this device, viewing events taking place elsewhere on the planet and even looking back through time. The device itself has a "friendly" rounded look to it. Is this Apple's way of introducing children to the concept of a crystal ball? Will the next iPhone be a perfect transparent sphere? Very likely.

In addition, the iPhone has the ability to sense the environment around it. For instance, it can tell when you've turned it on its side. No doubt you're thinking, "You move it? Like a magic wand?"

It's worse than that, much worse. Certainly there is a similarity to that obscenely phallic symbol of a sorcerer's Satan-fueled power, but it goes much further. The iPhone's ability to sense motion, proximity and light is clearly designed to make it seem less like an object and more like a "familiar spirit," a sort of witch's helper explicitly banned by Leviticus and Deuteronomy.

What do you think? Is the iPhone the work of the devil? Or are we anthropomorphizing our devices already?

Ps. Even Steve Jobs says it works like magic!

| 06/28/07 | Entertainment

Lore was better when he was writing www.brunching.com

Comments

Ok, this is a mechanical device. Satan had nothing to do with it.
Look back at Salem witch hunt time, and take a.... lets say a bic lighter. Back in those days, this simple modern day tool would be considered a thing of the devil. Why else would a flame come out of this thing... like... magic.

But then again, I don't believe in Magic, Satan, or God for that matter.