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I thought about breaking out my MBA during church...

NurJahan said:
Sounds like someone's making more assumptions than warranted. Please organize your thoughts before posting.
Like someone said before me, you just have to tough it out sometimes at places where whipping out electronics is rude.
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No assumptions really, maybe you should read the OP again?

A. He finds church so boring that he wants to use his MBA, but he doesn't because his signifant other will "frown upon it".
B. He attends to another boring meeting, this time with his wife's friends (he specifically says her friends, not his). This time she denies him to even bring his MBA. He even cites her saying "no", he's clearly not happy with that answer.

Looking at these two points, it's a safe assumption to say that his wife controls him, he says so himself.

This is a public discussion forum, so if he posts these things I'm allowed to express my opinion.

Personally I think he should skip both church and the friends meeting. If he'd rather sit on his MBA, that's what he should be doing. What's the point of being there if he's not going to participate? I'm gonna go ahead and assume it's to avoid a fight with the wife, because that's pretty much what he says.

Fight the power! First they wanted equal rights, now they want full control :p
 
Although our IT Director at church is pretty restrictive over wifi usage, out Worship Technology Director wants to create a "connected" zone in the sanctuary with easy access to outlets and to make it socially acceptable to cross-reference and look up more info on what the preacher is saying during the sermon. I'm usually on my 15" MBP during church to look at Planning Center and to offline edit our lighting program from an ASCII file that I will import during the sermon or between the contemporary and traditional services, but I'm technical working. I don't necessarily think that Internet usage should be policed at church--if you have a problem of needing to play games, Facebook, or look at porn during the sermon, then you might need to find a more interesting preacher or have a heart to heart with God.
 
alecgold said:
Hehehe, that's very logic a solution.

OT, I use my iPhone a lot, it has a pdf of the bible, and sometimes I use my iPad as well. But the iPad gets way more noticed and I don't like that. It's a rather large PDF naturally, but it works quite well to my surprise. And if I want I can read the text in several translations.

Why would you need a MBA? I know how hard it can be to leave it for an hour/hour and half in it's sleeve if you can't concentrate on the sermon. But try to concentrate a bit more, or do like Miamialley said, just don't go.
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A PDF? Ouch!!! That must be a nightmare to find your way around.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bible/id282935706?mt=8

there you go, several different translations, searchable, bookmark able, free.
 
I have my 13" MBA at church all the time, but that's because I'm usually on the lighting console.
 
The church is the last place where fear keeps rudeness at bay so enjoy it.

I wish we could somehow get the fear of rudeness into the movie theaters. I miss the days when you could go and not be bothered by rude people.
 
ZipZap said:
The church is the last place where fear keeps rudeness at bay so enjoy it.

I wish we could somehow get the fear of rudeness into the movie theaters. I miss the days when you could go and not be bothered by rude people.
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The past three times I've gone to the movies I've had obnoxiously loud people nearby me. I didn't say anything to them, but I definitely wasn't thinking very nice thoughts towards them.
 
Let's all hold 'virtual' hands and sing songs, shall we :)

After me......"Jesus.....Jesus.....(and on like this) ......."
 
jljue said:
I'm usually on my 15" MBP during church to look at Planning Center and to offline edit our lighting program from an ASCII file that I will import during the sermon or between the contemporary and traditional services, but I'm technical working. I don't necessarily think that Internet usage should be policed at church--if you have a problem of needing to play games, Facebook, or look at porn during the sermon, then you might need to find a more interesting preacher or have a heart to heart with God.
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I'll sometimes be working on tech during the service too. I sort of agree that we shouldn't be policing, however, there are always those who are going to abuse the privilege. If you were to visit my service on a typical Sunday morning you'd see that the back row is occupied by a line of junior high age boys, each with an iPod touch. They're playing Bluetooth-linked games or competing against each other in Angry Birds or whatever. I don't think I'd want to see what would happen if we opened up the WiFi to them!

I sit in that row sometimes. Once, we were all looking at some game on my iPad. I thought it was fairly harmless since it was keeping them quiet and occupied. Some of the ushers didn't agree :eek:
 
If you convert to Judaism then the guilt is a normal part of the experience and your free to experience it.
 
Tough subject. Depends on the church no? Sometimes they just want you to be devout followers and give your absolute attention, but really, some others are not always that strict.
 
VMMan said:
Today at church, I thought about breaking out the MBA... I know. I didn't do it, but I thought about it.

I even asked my wife if I can use it during a boring get together with my wife's friends, but she said, "no".

A few years ago, it would have been unheard of for people to be using their cell phones ALL the time, but wherever I go, I always see people glued to their cell phones to check email, surf, etc.

Unfortunately, breaking out the MBA would seem to be less socially acceptable.

Do you guys/gals ever use your MBAs in situations where others (especially your significant other) frowns upon it?
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Why you are breaking out your MBA is more important than where.

Breaking out your MBA, cell phone, iPad, iPhone because you are bored is a low/no class move. Your wife is trying to prevent your host from discovering this about you.
 
I think it depends on the situation. Obviously there are more conservative churches and more liberal ones as well (I'm not talking about theology, but the style of church). My wife and I go to a fairly liberal/progressive style church where technology is an integral part of the service. The pastor has his notes on an iPad, while his wife takes notes on a white MacBook. Several other members, my wife and I included, constantly use our phones to follow along with the scriptures and take sermon notes.

Technology has replaced traditional pen and paper in a lot of places, but the appearance of being on an electronic device is still controversial in some settings. Distractions have always been possible with pen/paper (games, notes, etc), and the electronic devices are just the natural progression. I guess my point is to be respectful and don't be rude about it.
 
Well, I read everybody's replies to my original post, and I've decided to give myself a negative vote. :(
 
VMMan said:
This MBA 11" is so mobile, I'm always wanting to use it during times I normally would not be carrying a laptop.

Today at church, I thought about breaking out the MBA... I know. I didn't do it, but I thought about it.

I even asked my wife if I can use it during a boring get together with my wife's friends, but she said, "no".

A few years ago, it would have been unheard of for people to be using their cell phones ALL the time, but wherever I go, I always see people glued to their cell phones to check email, surf, etc.

Unfortunately, breaking out the MBA would seem to be less socially acceptable.

Do you guys/gals ever use your MBAs in situations where others (especially your significant other) frowns upon it?
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It's better to use an iPad for your purpose.
 
trondah said:
No assumptions really, maybe you should read the OP again?

A. He finds church so boring that he wants to use his MBA, but he doesn't because his signifant other will "frown upon it".
B. He attends to another boring meeting, this time with his wife's friends (he specifically says her friends, not his). This time she denies him to even bring his MBA. He even cites her saying "no", he's clearly not happy with that answer.

Looking at these two points, it's a safe assumption to say that his wife controls him, he says so himself.

This is a public discussion forum, so if he posts these things I'm allowed to express my opinion.

Personally I think he should skip both church and the friends meeting. If he'd rather sit on his MBA, that's what he should be doing. What's the point of being there if he's not going to participate? I'm gonna go ahead and assume it's to avoid a fight with the wife, because that's pretty much what he says.

Fight the power! First they wanted equal rights, now they want full control :p
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You assume:
1. he finds church boring (because he wants to break out his MBA. Perhaps he wants to take notes or use a bible app?)
2. his wife is controlling (because she said "no" and because he is hanging out with his wife's friends in this one instance. Perhaps it was his first time hanging out with them?)

This thread is silly. OP is just talking about whether the MBA is socially acceptable for its portability, like an iphone or ipad. Now people are just bashing religion. IMO, the MBA is an overkill to be bringing it out at social gatherings because it has a full keyboard. Keyboards usually make a click-clack noise that can be disturbing.
 
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