iCards and Religion - Page 2

thorman · #9 January 15th, 2002, 02:47 AM

Apple is a corporation, and doesn't have to put anyone's religious pics on it, or - for that matter - can pick one and tell the rest to forget it. Then, we can make an economic choice on whether we want to support the company or not.

Personally, I'd love to see Christian iCards, but to be honest, there are many free Christian e-cards out there - shockwave and standard - and Apple's endorsement/rejection doesn't mean a whole lot.

Now - if there was a mass revival at Cupertino, THEN I'd be excited!

But, just as having a 'Jesus fish' on your car is meaningless if you're not a believer, Apple putting Christian iCards up would be meaningless if it was just one of 'many gods' Apple offered in the marketplace. Since the act of placing it up on the Apple web site would be to satisfy a niche market Apple is seeking, and not out of love, it has no value to me at all...

1Co 13:1* Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

PS - if you've never read the 'love chapter' of the Bible, check it out:
http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?pas...nguage=english

edX · #10 January 16th, 2002, 01:21 AM

i think you also have some good points thorman. i think any religious art or iconography can be pretty clearly seperated by that which comes from the heart and that which comes from a commercial motivation. Of course sometimes i like the commercial stuff because it connects with my own heart somehow. not to mention it helps to be able to laugh at yourself.
i also like your intolerance saying. it is the greatest test we sometimes face in our desire to be tolerant. of course sometimes we need to be hypocrites to survive. it took me many years to figure that out.