| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"johac" |
| Date: |
20 Jan 2004 01:48:17 AM |
| Object: |
Jesus Disconnected. |
I can' t believe that anyone at all would fall for this.
http://tinyurl.com/2pj28
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Company Cuts Heavenly Mobile Link
Fri Jan 16,10:25 AM ET
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A service promising to answer people's prayers with
a text message apparently sent by Jesus has been shut down after
complaints by Finland's mobile services watchdog.
The heavenly service offered answers from Jesus in response to a
text message prayer at the cost of a hefty 1.20 euros ($1.52) per
message, but lasted less than a month.
"These kinds of services are against basic norms," Ville Nurmi,
ombudsman for Finland's mobile content watchdog MAPEL, told Reuters on
Friday.
Finland's Mobile G Host transmitted the messages, but declined to name
the company that provided the replies from "Jesus." Chief Executive
Marko Hakala said the service had been axed as soon as he discovered
what was being offered.
He declined to say how many prayers had been received, but added: "This
was no gold mine... It seems you can't interest people in everything."
The Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat tested the service before it was shut
down. It sent a prayer of desperation which was answered thus:
"Remember: unless you follow God's will much better than priests and
pharaohs, you will not be allowed into the heavenly kingdom."
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Men become civilized not in their willingness to believe, bit in
proportion to their readiness to doubt." - H. L. Mencken
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