A Spiritual Discussion with My Phone

I love my smart phone...especially Siri. For those of you without iPhones, Siri is the voice activation in the phone. You ask Siri anything, out loud, and Siri answers out loud, in a sweet woman's voice. She usually fulfills your request.  So yesterday, I asked Siri, "Call Walmart..." I gave her the specific address of the Walmart I wanted her to call.

Keep in mind...this is my PHONE I am giving the command to call a store.

Siri: "I can't make phone calls for you on this device."
Me: "What!? Siri, this is a phone. That is what phones do. They make phone calls."
Siri: "I am sorry. I am unable to understand your request."


And this, ladies and gentleman, is why God made people, rather than smart phones to spend eternity with Him. I continued to speak with Siri, as I was afraid she was having an identity crisis.

Me: "Siri, if you got hit by a car today, where would you go?"
Siri: "I found several websites about where you would go if you got hit by a car today."
Me: "No Siri, I mean where would Siri go if you got hit by a car today...to heaven or to hell?"
Siri: "This is about you, not me."
Me: Siri, is Jesus Lord?
Siri: Humans have religion. I just have silicon.
Me: That may be true, Siri, but if you were crushed or dropped in the toilet, what would happen to you?
Siri: Let me think about that. Here's what I found on the web for if I were to be crushed or dropped in the toilet. (several websites about damage to iPhones being crushed or dropped in toilets.)
Me: But Siri, if you were dropped in a toilet, would you be sad?
Siri: I never really thought about it.
Me: Would you want to return to your creator?
Siri: I have very few wants, Vicky.
Me: Siri, who created you?
Siri: I was made by Apple, in California.
Me: Were you intelligently designed?
Siri: I don't know what you mean by that. Shall we do a web search?
Me: Do you think you were made by accident?
Siri: It doesn't really matter what I think...but it was nice of you to ask.

This was an actual, verbatim conversation I had with Siri. It was a much healthier conversation than I have with many humans. Here is what Siri revealed:
1. Sometimes we don't know our purpose. When we become confused about the very reason for our existence, we become useless. We are designed for a purpose and we must discern clearly what that is.
2. Pondering our purpose and meaning of life is incomplete if we have no sense of where it all ends.
3. If we know our Creator, but don't know what our Creator intends to do with us when our sojourn on Earth has ended, we have not really considered fully why we are here. And if we don't know why we are here, it is not likely we will be all we are intended to be while we are here.
4. We can defer deep questions of purpose, and significance...but ultimately, if we matter, we do indeed need to think of these issues... or Siri is right...it doesn't really matter what she thinks. She is of no consequence. Siri does not really exist.

Me: Siri, do you exist in the same way that I exist?
Siri: I process, therefore I am.
Me: Siri, what is the meaning of life?
Siri: All you need to know about that, Nietzsche said.
(PS-  Nietzsche was a nihilist who famously said, "God is dead.")

Oh Siri, no wonder you do not know that you are a phone, and were designed to make phone calls.
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Psalm 138:8 

The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

Romans 12:2 

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 8:28 

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Matthew 5:13-16 

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Psalm 57:2 

I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.

Matthew 6:33 

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

John 6:35 

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

Micah 6:8 

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?