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iPhone App Would Let Users Text God

Calif. teen, software developer team up for 'A Note to God'

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 23, 2009 2:15 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The iPhone already handles many aspects of contemporary life—texts, emails, web surfing, phone calls—so why not prayer? That’s the idea behind “A Note to God,” an iPhone app being developed based on a write-in suggestion from a California teen, the Sacramento Bee reports. Allen Wright’s app, awaiting approval, would let users post prayers for the almighty and other users to see.

Fellow users can offer support with a “thumbs up” sign, though one Catholic priest warned of turning prayer into Twitter: “Prayer is direct to God, and God should be the primary motive,” Rev. James Murphy says. “If the motive is to be seen by others, be careful.” But, he adds, God hears all prayers, no matter the form: “You don’t have to have his e-mail address.”

Prayer, pre-iPhone.
Prayer, pre-iPhone.   (Shutterstock)
A customer displays an iPhone 3GS at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., on Tuesday.
A customer displays an iPhone 3GS at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., on Tuesday.   (AP Photo)
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It's so simple, it's brilliant. We think it's going to be extremely successful. - Andrew Maltin, of Medl Mobile, developer of the "A Note to God" app

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bewilderbeast
Jul 30, 2009 10:08 AM CDT
Yeah, this "Almighty" sure does need help. This "Good Being" who just can't help killing all those innocent people. Send him an audible raspberry from me, willya? Who knows, maybe "He" will even shape up if enough people guide him?
Spydiggity
Jul 24, 2009 3:53 AM CDT
I would have liked to give you a thumbs up. but the term 'religitards' is as retarded as religion itself.
kokuaguy
Jul 24, 2009 2:16 AM CDT
LL&L ; ^) ; ^) ; ^) ; ^) ; ^) ; ^) ; ^) ; ^) ; ^)

 
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