So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church? Because that's why the cell phone jammers were banned in the first place.

But, why would they block God's call...?

Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church?

I think I can say, with near 100 percent certainty, that subby doesn't give a rat's ass about cell phone jammers, cell phones going off in churches, or anything else cellphone related, and was instead merely going for an easy "technology vs. god" troll and resulting simpleton flamewar.

"Cell phones in church" stories always remind me of the time I was cantoring in a Catholic church one morning and the priest's phone went off During The Homily. He silenced it, but it took a few seconds of fumbling to find the pocket slit in his vestments before he could get to it.

The farking priest, man.

Most people should not be allowed to have a cellphone. They find enough ways to be rude and annoying as is.

Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church? Because that's why the cell phone jammers were banned in the first place.

Church's don't have emergencies that I care about.

Solution? Build a faraday cage around the church

Benevolent Misanthrope: "Cell phones in church" stories always remind me of the time I was cantoring in a Catholic church one morning and the priest's phone went off During The Homily. He silenced it, but it took a few seconds of fumbling to find the pocket slit in his vestments before he could get to it.

The farking priest, man.

Well, it's not like the bread is gonna go stale or anything.

...or rather, more stale?

/Thinks they should come in different flavors, like Garlic Herb or maybe Cheddar Cheese.

yeah - heaven forbid anything interrupt a child molesting priest telling you that you will burn in hell if you don't give all your money to the church.

I thought omnipotence was supposed to include being good with money?


Much better idea: make it legal for you to throw heavy blunt objects at anyone who has their phone on loud during a quiet event. That would make sure people who check their phones can still get "emergency" calls, and the idiots will get blunt force trauma.

There must be some way to modify such a device so that it will allow emergency calls to go through. Hell, if China can get router manufacturers to bend over backwards and cater to their demands, then certainly the cell phone jamming device manufacturers can do the same.

If only they could install them at the movie theater. Nothing I hate more than watching a key scene in a film only to have it disrupted by some assclown's phone with the ringer set to Pokerface by Lady Gaga or the glow from someone's blackberry several rows ahead.

Handsome B. Wonderful: Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church? Because that's why the cell phone jammers were banned in the first place.

Church's don't have emergencies that I care about.

Maybe so, but the article was talking about people near the church (neighbors, etc.) calling the emergency number and getting blocked because the the cell phone jammers.

Handsome B. Wonderful: Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church? Because that's why the cell phone jammers were banned in the first place.

Church's don't have emergencies that I care about.

Oh no, the church is on fire. QUICK! SEAL THE DOORS!

/I do not actually advocate this. Let them die out on their own from willful stupidity.

Why don't they just build a metal grid into the walls of the church and turn it into a giant Faraday Cage?

MBK: Benevolent Misanthrope: "Cell phones in church" stories always remind me of the time I was cantoring in a Catholic church one morning and the priest's phone went off During The Homily. He silenced it, but it took a few seconds of fumbling to find the pocket slit in his vestments before he could get to it.

The farking priest, man.

Well, it's not like the bread is gonna go stale or anything.

...or rather, more stale?

/Thinks they should come in different flavors, like Garlic Herb or maybe Cheddar Cheese.

I think you're onto something with the flavored host idea. Jesus was a cool guy - I'm pretty confident that he'd want his body to be enjoyed in Parmesean Garlic and Cinnamon Sugar varieties.

">Pocket Ninja:blah blah blah "and was instead merely going for an easy "technology vs. god" troll and resulting simpleton flamewar."

How could you possibly see this as a technology vs. god flamewar? It's more of a flamewar between people who think their phones must be on and accessible all the time, and those that don't. Not sure which side god's on.

Seige101: Solution? Build a faraday cage around the church

This. Passive jamming, biatches.

Benevolent Misanthrope: "Cell phones in church" stories always remind me of the time I was cantoring in a Catholic church one morning and the priest's phone went off During The Homily. He silenced it, but it took a few seconds of fumbling to find the pocket slit in his vestments before he could get to it.

The farking priest, man.

I pictured you moving down the aisle between the pews at an easy gallop, only to let loose a startled whinny when you heard the phone go off.

\yes, I know you correctly spelled your word, but that doesn't preclude me from being a moran

Seige101: Solution? Build a faraday cage around the church

But then how would god get in?

It's not like god will have to call you on the line during the rapture

/ugh

Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church? Because that's why the cell phone jammers were banned in the first place.

Get over yourself.
It's called a land line and some people still have them. Most ALL business's do.
My church has 3, one in every hall.
I say put 'em in theaters too.

Heroic Poser: Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church? Because that's why the cell phone jammers were banned in the first place.

Get over yourself.
It's called a land line and some people still have them. Most ALL business's do.
My church has 3, one in every hall.
I say put 'em in theaters too.

That doesn't mean you should have to search for one in an emergency.

The church could always put some humor in the whole situation by having someone standing by with a collection plate in hand and whenever a cell phone goes off the collection plate person walks over to the callee and asks for a donation to the collection plate.

Handsome B. Wonderful: Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church? Because that's why the cell phone jammers were banned in the first place.

Church's don't have emergencies that I care about.

Well since there seems to be an increasing number of them going up in flames with or without parishoners you wouldn't have a problem with that? Arson is Arson. But nice troll.

7/10

We existed as humans for many many years without cell phones before and survived.

sorry you can't make that all-important tweet, text, call, or whatever in a crowded social situation.

So yeah.. jammers in churches, theaters, classrooms.. i'm all for it.

evil saltine:
Get over yourself.
It's called a land line and some people still have them. Most ALL business's do.
My church has 3, one in every hall.
I say put 'em in theaters too.

That doesn't mean you should have to search for one in an emergency.

That's what emergency exits are for. Yes, they have them in churches too. Wouldn't you rather be OUTSIDE of a building fire when looking for your cell phone?

In the US, cellphone companies license the spectrum from the FCC, and have an exclusive right to those certain frequencies within the region specified in their license.

Jamming licensed spectrum to which one does not have a license (e.g. jamming someone else's signals) is a major no-no, and can result in massive fines.

I'd imagine that it'd be quite similar in New Zealand...

fanbladesaresharp: evil saltine:
Get over yourself.
It's called a land line and some people still have them. Most ALL business's do.
My church has 3, one in every hall.
I say put 'em in theaters too.

That doesn't mean you should have to search for one in an emergency.

That's what emergency exits are for. Yes, they have them in churches too. Wouldn't you rather be OUTSIDE of a building fire when looking for your cell phone?

But we're talking about calls being jammed in the vicinity of the church, not just inside.

In before the OMIGOD WE MUST HAVE OUR CELL PHONES WITH US AT ALL TIMES IN CASE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY!!! crowd.

/ooops... too late... bam! Boobies out of the gate...
//life really can exist without having a cell phone attached to it at all times
///yah rly

People need to grow a pair! Too many liability lawyers in the world! Good grief! We lived as a world for how many centuries without a flippin cell phone strapped to our flipping heads 24/7?

Heroic Poser: Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church? Because that's why the cell phone jammers were banned in the first place.

Get over yourself.
It's called a land line and some people still have them. Most ALL business's do.
My church has 3, one in every hall.
I say put 'em in theaters too.

Get over yourself.

Laws and businesses should have no control over matters as simple as courtesy.

/doesn't expect you to understand church/government overreaching.

lokidecat: We existed as humans for many many years without cell phones before and survived.

sorry you can't make that all-important tweet, text, call, or whatever in a crowded social situation.

So yeah.. jammers in churches, theaters, classrooms.. i'm all for it.

I would say "THIS", except it really is too bad people can't be a bit more thoughtful of their surroundings. You know, asking too much?

Anyways, I fight fire with fire. I teach high school, and from time to time use my computer to play the mosquito ringtones. It's always funny watching the kids reach for their precious little phones.

I stopped attending church eight years ago; last year I went with my mother around Christmas. I expected a quiet and reverent service like I remembered, but was shocked at how often phones were going off. Even during the sacrament. I don't worship, but it seems to me if you can be bothered to get your ass to church, you can be bothered to turn your damn cell phone off. Or leave it at home for that matter, unless you're on-call what use is a cell phone on a holy day?

/Yeah, yeah, cool story, I know.

In movie theaters I support it. Churches... f*** 'em.

OMG Socialism: Seige101: Solution? Build a faraday cage around the church

But then how would god get in?

They could keep it open fer a day or two

D-O-single_G: In movie theaters I support it. Churches... f*** 'em.

Because emergencies don't happen in theaters

ಠ_ಠ

So rather then focus on teaching moral values like common courtesy and respect for people's needs the church installs an over-reaching system that outlaws a useful piece of technology because it can possibly offend someone. Typical.

As someone who works on call for a hospital occasionally. I think that the fine is justified.

If they kept it a secret, and I was attending that church*, I could be held legally responsible for not answering a call/page that was blocked if someone had a brain-bleed or something.
Granted, my on call is mostly nighttime, but still.

*not that I would

LavenderWolf: Oh no, the church is on fire. QUICK! SEAL THE DOORS!

/I do not actually advocate this. Let them die out on their own from willful stupidity.

There is no hate like atheist hate.

lokidecat: We existed as humans for many many years without cell phones before and survived.

I completely agree, but I'd go a few steps further and proclaim that any traces of telephones and telegraphs should also be eradicated!

Life carried on jus fine without em, by darnit!

Occam's Nailfile: LavenderWolf: Oh no, the church is on fire. QUICK! SEAL THE DOORS!

/I do not actually advocate this. Let them die out on their own from willful stupidity.

There is no hate like atheist hate.

Except for religious hate

Anyone not setting their phones on silent/vibrate at a place of worship is a tool

the church employing the use of jammers is needlessly extreme

The All-Powerful Atheismo: Except for religious hate

Yeah because of reasonable, calm and logical arguments presented such as:


D-O-single_G: In movie theaters I support it. Churches... f*** 'em.

Pocket Ninja: Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church?

I think I can say, with near 100 percent certainty, that subby doesn't give a rat's ass about cell phone jammers, cell phones going off in churches, or anything else cellphone related, and was instead merely going for an easy "technology vs. god" troll and resulting simpleton flamewar.

You start off and base that entire spiel on an assumption. You think you can say with 100 percent certainty

Yeah, ok.

Phones in churches?

Charlie Dalton approves.

/It would have been funny if God had called collect.

Hello?... HELLO!

I'm inna church...
-A CHURCH!
...naw, it's RUBBISH...

Good on 'em.

I think that if you're gonna guzzle Kool-Aid, you should at least be able to do it in peace.

Pocket Ninja: ...near 100 percent certainty

thatguyfred: ...you can say with 100 percent certainty

Nice try... Now lets play a game! I'll give you a shiny penny for every highway cat's eye you touch!

raab: lokidecat: We existed as humans for many many years without cell phones before and survived.

I completely agree, but I'd go a few steps further and proclaim that any traces of telephones and telegraphs should also be eradicated!

Life carried on jus fine without em, by darnit!fark that, we survived without things like antibiotics and vaccinations for centuries! Let's all move into a cave!

/fail argument has failed
//I realize it was lokidecat's fail
///full discolsure: I don't own a cellphone
////but I do have to be at the gym in 26 minutes
//cool slashies, bro

got sucked into a meme-slashie black hole there for a minute

If you are worried about an emergency happening, that can't wait until the movie/service is finished, then don't go. Wait until you have the free time and side envirnoments are under control.

Mah html! They jammed it!

evil saltine: Heroic Poser: Bathia_Mapes: So, submitter...you don't have a problem with the cell phone jammer possibly blocking emergency calls near the church? Because that's why the cell phone jammers were banned in the first place.

Get over yourself.
It's called a land line and some people still have them. Most ALL business's do.
My church has 3, one in every hall.
I say put 'em in theaters too.

That doesn't mean you should have to search for one in an emergency.

I know, the giant farking blue sign that says "phone" is just too subtle, innit.