Apple now calls Christian belief "objectionable and potentially harmful"

The Manhattan Project ^ | 12/23/2010 | no byline

[Springfield Reformer]

Apple is telling us that the apps' content is considered "likely to expose a group to harm" and "to be objectionable and potentially harmful to others." Inasmuch as the Manhattan Declaration simply reaffirms the moral teachings of our Christian faith on the sanctity of human life, marriage and sexual morality, and religious freedom and the rights of conscience, Apple's statement amounts to the charge that our faith is "potentially harmful to others."

[Springfield Reformer]

So does this make me an "Anti-Apple Troll?" Or am I still allowed to object to Apple's newfound moral incoherency without falling into “applostacy?” And what of boycotts? Are they effective? Or are there other, better strategies for a situation like this?

[diverteach]

Glad I’ve never been an apple owner and can now assure you never will be.

[pnh102]

Two words:

Droid does.

[Pontiac]

Does that mean there will be no Koran apps forth coming.

[onedoug]

Same here.

[AnalogReigns]

Microsoft is easily at least as PC as Apple.

[Beowulf9]

This from the people who stole the trademark from the Beatles.

So, Christianity is objectionable and potentially harmful but stealing trademarks and who knows what else is ok?

[stevio]

“Harmful to others” the truth has a way of doing that.

[UCANSEE2]

Ironic considering that when APPLE COMPUTER first started, I read that the logo was based on the ‘fruit of knowledge’ that Eve ate, in the Bible Story.

If that was actually true, then it would mean APPLE based their logo on a concept from a Bible story.

[ReverendJames]

I knew there was a subliminal reason I didn’t like Apple. Now I know.

[surroundedbyblue]

This situation was posted on FR in the past few weeks (Can’t remember exactly when). I still cannot totally believe there isn’t another side to this issue considering the enormous amount of Christian apps I have found in the App Store. And, Apple has also refused to sell pornographic apps.

[ReverendJames]

PS - I wonder when they’ll have a Qur’an app. for their Muslim friends.

[EyeGuy]

“I knew there was a subliminal reason I didn’t like Apple. Now I know.”

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It is of a piece with their smarmy, elitist condescension, isn’t it?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

It just means that Apple believes it can steal from people if they can get away with it.

[MrB]

This one was a petition affirming that marriage is between one man and one woman,

you know,

“hate speech”.

[ReverendJames]

Pretty much. And look at their board of directors; you have Jobs and Gore to begin with.

[Spok]

Would Chrisitans gain acceptance by the left if they sawed some innocent peoples’ heads off and bombed some office buildings? That seems to be the only conduct they approve of.

[mmanager]

Wonder what El’Rushbo has to say about this? He pimps Apple products damn near on a daily basis and it doesn’t seem to be paid advertising.

[MrB]

You’re looking at it from the wrong direction there.
The left doesn’t oppose religion, they oppose Christianity.

So it’s perfectly logical for them to be OK with Muslims.

[Leo Farnsworth]

You should ping Sword swallower or what-ever-the-hell his FR handle is and get his ‘apple sauce’ reaction.

It would surely be amusing.