# Cell Phones are the spawn of Satan

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 4, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873 "2009-07-04T04:53:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Nation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@Nation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nation)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873/1 "2009-07-04T04:53:46Z")

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Prove its not true.

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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873/2 "2009-07-04T05:39:03Z")

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No cell phone has ever turned red, suddenly flew and attacked random passerby.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873/3 "2009-07-04T07:02:04Z")

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There’s no such thing as Satan, therefore there’s no such thing as the spawn of Satan.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873/4 "2009-07-04T08:43:32Z")

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Honestly, at this point coming out against cell phones is like coming out against shoes.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873/5 "2009-07-04T08:53:52Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> Honestly, at this point coming out against cell phones is like coming out against shoes.

Well, shoes are special. Who wants to risk losing their sole ?

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873/6 "2009-07-04T09:37:31Z")

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Tread carefully there, DT. You wouldn’t want to step on anyone’s toes.

As the saying goes: physician, heel thyself.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873/7 "2009-07-04T09:56:46Z")

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Further proof that they are far from Great and often not even Debates.

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**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873/8 "2009-07-04T15:33:06Z")

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I once got involved in a thread with people who were against microwave ovens. I wonder how many other modern conveniences we could find Dopers who are against.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones-are-the-spawn-of-satan/501873/9 "2009-07-04T15:33:50Z")

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While there are many debates that are silly, the name of the forum is Great Debates, not Lame Jokes.

This thread is done.