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Russian Patriarch Says Smart Phones Are Herald of Antichrist
2019-01-10
[Breitbart] The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church said that the Antichrist will run the “world wide web” and that powerful data-gathering devices are a harbinger of his arrival.

In an interview aired Monday on Russian state television, Patriarch Kirill said that the church does not oppose technological advances but warned against “falling into slavery” to smartphones.

The patriarch expressed concern that with the proliferation of cell phones “someone can know exactly where you are, know exactly what you are interested in, know exactly what you are afraid of” and that this knowledge of “location, interests, and fears” could be employed for centralized world domination.

Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#6  E C you're right on the money
Posted by: 746   2019-01-10 13:29  

#5  cellie distracted motorists.

I believe he stated it was the motorist....
Posted by: jvalentour   2019-01-10 13:04  

#4  Note to self: Strive to become anonymous, invisible and leave no trace. This is difficult to do in a modern, industrialized, connected and controlled society. Hey, Whitey Bolger did it for 18 years.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-01-10 12:14  

#3  “someone can know exactly where you are, know exactly what you are interested in, know exactly what you are afraid of”

Don't know about Orthodox priests but Catholic priests have known this for 2000 years.
Teutonic Snark O'The Day.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-01-10 10:48  

#2   I have been hit twice by cellie distracted motorists.

Bingo. Like guns, the blame is placed on the device instead of on the (mis)user. Muddled thinking...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-01-10 09:38  

#1  Hat tip to the Patriarch, it's no laughing matter. I have been hit twice by cellie distracted motorists.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-01-10 08:59  

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