[Vision2020] Does Jesus have a cell phone?

[Art Deco]

Here is an interesting news item from Reuters.  Does some of it have local
applicability?

Wayne Fox


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."