Is this finally a way to get secular Israelis more interested in religion?
Apparently, the cellphone is becoming an important religious tool. Catholics can receive a daily SMS from the Pope ("Gr8! Still here!"); Muslims are buying phones which can indicate the direction of Mecca; and Indian customers can send prayers by SMS to a Bombay temple where they are offered to the Hindu god Ganesh. In fact, the cellphone is becoming so popular as a religious tool that the Catholic Church in the Philippines had to forbid confession and absolution via text messaging.
All of this, of-course, is for profit; sounds like a godsend for the cellphone companies....
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