Caption of picture on the left:
DOWNLOAD TO YOUR MOBILE
THE HOLY ICON YOU WISH
TO PROTECT YOU!
(Incidentally, the first fellow on the fifth row is Aghios Nectarios and I am at distance 2 from him, for he was the teacher of my grandfather in a boarding school. In other words, I have direct link to saints; I need no mobile phone.)
Caption of picture on the right:
THE USE
OF MOBILE PHONES
INSIDE THE CHURCH
PROHIBITS
COMMUNICATION WITH GOD
PLEASE
SWITCH IT OFF
Actually, the right picture poses a certain challenge. Does it actually say that one cannot communicate with God via mobile telephony? Should we blame mobile phones? Should we blame the bad use of them? Does it, perhaps, say that if one uses mobile phones in a certain manner in a church then he or she can actually communicate with God? I wouldn't be surprised if the latter was actually meant. It is well-known that, for decades now, Americans have been communicating with God via TV. So why not via a cell phone? They are both communication media based on electromagnetic waves. I would guess that God can be reached around the frequency of 10^8 Hz, although I could be wrong. It would be an interesting Science project to find out God's frequency band. If you happen to know it, please let me know. I'll pass on the information to the Greek Orthodox church.
Thank you.
The caption on the picture on the right presumably means that the *use* of mobile phones inside the church prohibits (due to noise, presumably) the communication of other people with god (due to the consequent lack of concentration, presumably).
ReplyDeleteGod's frequency is indubitably 42,42 in some units (or a power of that) - except, that is, if you are a cosmologist, in which case He also responds at 160.2 GHz.
Thank you for pointing out the cosmic microwave backround radiation frequency. Indeed, it is a very plausible frequency for man-god communication. I should have thought of that! God cannot speak at low frequencies. That is why, possibly, we don't immediately believe George W Bush when he claims he communicates with God. He does, but he speaks not at a few kiloHertz but at 160+ GigaHertz. Amazing realization. I am in awe.
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