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View Poll Results: Is texting or holding a cell phone while driving a sin? | |
I consider driving while texting or holding a cell phone to be a sin.
|     | 3 | 15.00% | |
While I do drive and text/hold a cell phone, I do not consider it a sin.
|    | 4 | 20.00% | |
What a person does in his/her own car, is his/her own business.
|    | 2 | 10.00% | |
Sin, what is sin?
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Is outrage. Did 19th Century Russia have cell phones or text messaging?
|    | 8 | 40.00% | |
Other
|    | 6 | 30.00% |
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3rd November 2009, 11:32 AM
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3rd November 2009, 02:58 PM
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Reps: 18,744,128,273,111,432 (power: 18,744,128,273,119) | | Originally Posted by MariaRegina Yes, I agree that cell phone usage can save lives, but I am talking about abuse of the technology by addicts who must keep their fingers on texting buttons and so lose sight of driving. That behavior is wrong and deadly.
We cannot excuse such irrational behavior.
As a teacher, I have seen teenagers who are so addicted to texting that they lie and say they must use the restroom (to continue their conversations there). I finally caught on when one youth said that he was sick and had to use the restroom every ten minutes. When I urged him to visit the nurse, he suddenly was well. Not only that, several classmates volunteered that he was chatting with his girlfriend (via Blackberry) and that they were following the conversation on one of the popular website like My Space. So one sin leads to another.
Oh, you're talking about addicts. Well, that's a different story. Yes, when texting becomes your "Idol," because there's no room for God, then, yeah, it's like anything we make idols. It's sinful.
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3rd November 2009, 03:10 PM
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Reps: 18,744,128,273,111,432 (power: 18,744,128,273,119) | | Originally Posted by Philothei No I had no idea but yup another example why skills like that are important to learn...I have no clue BTW how to text and i would never be able to do it...  the letters are too small ....My daughter texts to her friends all the time. At school they are not allowed to have their cells on... If they phone rings they would be called in to the head master. It is a small Orthodox school  Strict and just what we need
My daughter answers the phone for me....in the car. I usually tel her to tell them I will call back... ONLY three four people have my cell phone number my in laws my hubby my daughter and my Greek school director... for emergencies. I consider the calls I make emergency....When I call I call to say I am late etc. if I am out shoping. Otherwise I mostly forget to even take it withme...lol... I hate cell phones...but in case of emergecncy they are truly life savers. 
I always take my phone with me for fear my car will breakdown, and I'll be stuck on the side of the road, and some stranger will come and get me and that'll be that. Yeah, sometimes I'm a bit paranoid. I was glad I had my cell phone with me a couple years ago when one of my tires got a terrible flat. I pulled over and called my auto insurance company, and somebody was there in about 20 minutes, thank goodness.
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3rd November 2009, 04:27 PM
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Reps: 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 (power: 9,223,372,036,854,820) | | | If people had read the complete article in the OP, then they would see that the young waitress, Phillipa Curtis, 22, who was sent to prison for 21 months was engaged in text messaging her friends about one of her restaurant clients, a popular singer. This addictive behavior distracted her from paying attention to the traffic. As a result, a young fashion designer, Victoria McBryde, only 24 years old, was killed by Phillipa when Victoria had pulled over to the side of the road with car problems and had just messaged her mother for help. When Victoria's mother called her back on her cell, Victoria was already dead.
Had Phillipa not been repentant, the judge would have sentenced her to four to seven years as the law commands. He was lenient also because she was a first time violator. In the article, it mentions that for many young people, this conviction was a wake up call to be more responsible with texting and cell phone usage.
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4th November 2009, 09:34 AM
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It's every bit as bad as using a handheld phone and making calls and texting , oh --- and don't forget smoking .
Yes all these can be regarded as offences in the UK if the police feel you have less than perfect control of your vehicle .
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4th November 2009, 11:58 AM
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Reps: 4,313,890,293,268,303 (power: 4,313,890,293,272) | | Originally Posted by Anhelyna How about including eating and drinking while at the wheel ?
It's every bit as bad as using a handheld phone and making calls and texting , oh --- and don't forget smoking .
Yes all these can be regarded as offences in the UK if the police feel you have less than perfect control of your vehicle .
don't forget shaving or applying makeup. or using a laptop. yes, i saw some guy using his laptop behind the wheel |
4th November 2009, 12:14 PM
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4th November 2009, 12:44 PM
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Reps: 18,744,128,273,111,432 (power: 18,744,128,273,119) | | Originally Posted by Julina don't forget shaving or applying makeup. or using a laptop. yes, i saw some guy using his laptop behind the wheel
I don't know how they do it. The shaving reminds me of an old cartoon (one of those narrated types) where this guy is shaving in the car, and the narrator said, "You have to be veerrry careful..." and the car hits a pothole, and then the car parks on the curb and the guy comes out and passes a person and he reaches for his hat to greet the person, and his whole head comes off with the hat, a smile plastered on his face.  Sorry, but that cartoon was funny. 
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4th November 2009, 12:45 PM
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Reps: 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 (power: 9,223,372,036,854,820) | | Originally Posted by Philothei We should include kneating, reading (some read the paper) or books. Would praying be considered also sinful during driving? I mean it can be distracting for sure if one is praying with his whole mind and soul....
That reminds me of Kyriakos Markides' book, The Mountain of Silence, where he talks about a college professor who could not teach while he was praying the Jesus Prayer 
So his SF told him not to pray the Jesus Prayer when he had to focus on academics, etc.
Again, common sense!
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