I-Phone/Jesus Phone?

So I'm trying to figure out why many are referring to the new I-phone as the Jesus phone.

And here's what one guy says: "For the record though the Jesus Phone name is what the phone is being called by many, and I don’t think it’s unfair, the hype is probably getting close to the second coming of Christ. As for upsetting people’s religious views this is meant as a parody on the hype surrounding the phone and isn’t a parody on religion."

And another person posts..."This is bad. Using “Jesus” on advertising? This is really, really, really bad."

Hmmmm....it's created quite a stir. Take a look at the video: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/08/3-weeks-until-the-iphone-goes-on-sale/ and let me know what you think.

Comments

[Brenna]

Maybe "hallelujah, it's here" is the idea, the new phone of the 21st Century is finally here ??

[Chris Yount Jones]

Could be, Brenna.

You know what I think is crazy...we long for the name of Jesus to be spoken in all our culture. And, here, one of the biggest tech things is occuring and some Christians bemoan that people "would dare to use Jesus' name like this." I think what we oughta be saying is more like "That's right! This is big! Almost as big as Christ's second coming! Way to see how revolutionary Jesus is too!"

[Karen]

I personally find this advertising very offensive. How would it have been accepted if the reference had been to Mohammed, etc? I can guarantee it would have been removed immediately.