The Moral Complexities of Bringing an iPhone Back from the Dead

My iPhone passed away a few days ago — three to be exact — and I’m not sure if I should bring it back to life. It’s been inconvenient and I miss it, of course, but I’m not sure if my personal feelings should be involved with a decision of this magnitude.

This is not to say that my iPhone hasn’t led a good life. It has performed a number of good works during our time together. Sure, it never turned loaves and fishes into a meal for multitudes, but it’s certainly helped me maintain access with my employers and earn an income. It’s also helped me love my fellow man, albeit probably not in the way that was originally intended. It was a good phone. Maybe a great phone. I’m just not sure if it was good enough to be Jesus to iPhone’s kind of phone.

That’s really the crux of the problem. If I raise my iPhone from the dead, I’m worried that it might become the messiah or, at least, a messiah. We always talk about how humanity worships technology, but what if I accidentally create a vessel for us all to worship? That’s probably ridiculous because people aren’t stupid enough to actually worship an iPhone. I’m just worried about all of the other types of phones out there. Will Androids be included or persecuted? What about the Google Pixel? Will I inadvertently create a religious war among all phones?

There are also some personal implications if I perform this miraculous act. Would I suddenly become a higher power? I mean, I’m no God. I haven’t flooded the earth or even, thankfully, my basement for a while. I can’t even do long division and, the last I heard, God can perform more impressive works than simple math.

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About the Author

derekbremer Prior to his life as a stay at home father Derek spent more than a decade performing public relations and marketing functions for financial consulting firms and found the job to be precisely as exciting as it sounds. When not tending to his wife or daughter Derek enjoys subjecting the public to his unique take on fatherhood, travel and animal husbandry. He has been published in Scary Mommy, Sammiches and Psych Meds, The Good Men Project, HowToBeADad, Red Tricycle, RAZED, HPP and the Anthology "It's Really Ten Months Special Delivery: A Collection of Stories from Girth to Birth.