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PurityRing iPhone App Lets You Advertise Your Abstinence
So here's the dilemma: You're a devout Christian who wants to show off your dedication to abstinence, but you really detest physical objects. You prefer all your knickknacks to come in a virtual form on your iPhone screen. You've got a Virtual Zippo, an iPhone leveler, you even prefer to poking at virtual zits over the real thing.So what are you, the pious-but-tech-savvy, to do? One option is PurityRing, an iPhone app that displays a spinning silver ring to indicate that you plan to refrain from obtaining carnal knowledge until you're married. The app costs $0.99, which might seem like a lot for an app that has little practical function, but is less than the cost of an actual ring. Of course, the developers don't intend this to be a replacement for actual Purity Pledge ceremonies at churches (or Purity Rings, for that matter). Instead, the app is meant to be a compliment to them.
After hearing the pledge read aloud, the user can confirm that he or she will abstain from sex until marriage, and choose either a male or female purity ring to display. Users can then choose to share their message of abstinence with those they know by e-mailing them a link to the app.
Of course, this is just what the App Store needed -- another useless app, and another way for high schoolers to try to fool their parents into believing they're not having sex. [From: Telegraph]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsGerbilnoseJul 17th 2009 2:49PM
Why is Terrence O'Brien still writing here?
I know of no blogger of a higher idiocy level than him. Total ass-bag.
MatthewJul 17th 2009 3:18PM
"Of course, this is just what the App Store needed -- another useless app, and another way for high schoolers to try to fool their parents into believing they're not having sex."
Sounds about right to me... but I don't see this as news... "Any news is good news..." Now that people know, people will end up buying this from the assthat bothered to make this sort of app.
billJul 17th 2009 8:48PM
This is so hilarious. What self-respecting human being feels the need to run around stating his/her abstinence?
Christianity has become the most riduculous and useless "religion"; it seems every time I turn around, some assh*le is making a buck selling meaningless sh*t to these kool-aid drinkers.
mesamanJul 17th 2009 9:36PM
You gotta quit humpin' the horse Bill, you're starting to act like whats right under it's tail.
GodHATESHatersJul 17th 2009 9:53PM
Way to put it mesaman!!!!! Bill Gates thinks he's got the right to JUDGE like God!!!!!!!!!! STFU, ass HOLE!!!!!! There I said it for you Saint!! Mesaman is the SAINT, you bill r the anti-christ...ready for some Spiritual Warefare!!?? Jesus would LOVE to put you in the ETERNAL FIRE... And DONT talk that way to Terrance, bill gates as you did in the beginning!!!!!!! S T F U, already...you make George W. Bush look like Einstein!!! LMAO!!!!!!
linus922Jul 17th 2009 11:09PM
Bill., I wholeheartedly agree with you! Folks, put down the kool-aid and take a good look at the real world and seek real solutions to the problems that young people face today.
ppreciousearthJul 17th 2009 9:09PM
I have personally never heard of purity rings before, and I believe that they can be a positive reinforcement for teens to practice abstinence, but yet I wonder why one feels they need to proclaim this through a phone? I've always believed that purity must be sought in all aspects of life, not only in this subject, and I wonder why teenagers need to be 'taught' what is right and wrong. Don't we already know the difference, through the voice of conscience within all of us? I do not debate that this is a good idea, but personally, I know that I am making the right choice and do not feel the need to show it outwardly. Knowing I'm living how I feel to be true is enough reinforcement for me.
linus922Jul 17th 2009 11:25PM
ppreciousearth - people DO need to be taught what is right and what is wrong. It should begin when they are very young and if their parents are consistent and open with them they will learn. By the time they are teenagers it is way to late to teach them anything.
Enabling teens to proclaim their "purity" via their phones is just another way for someone to get rich. They don't give a darn what kids do as long as they buy this lame app!
grinemalnperityJul 17th 2009 9:24PM
I want an iPhone app for "saddlebacking". (google it folks!) Oh looks like they just made one!
SupermanJul 17th 2009 11:57PM
LMFAO! That's what us "gay" teens do BEST! Ha!
haunted_by_erikJul 17th 2009 9:33PM
Not EVERY teenager is having sex. I managed to survive my teen years practicing abstinence.
Mort selubJul 17th 2009 10:23PM
Those Christian Republican congressmen living at the C Street residence should have been wearing abstinence rings. They held prayer sessions and then went out and did the dirty. Acting and speaking like one who is "holier than thou," obviously isn't enough to guarantee that one will stay "pure." Wearing an abstinence ring isn't enough to guarantee "purity," either. You don't have to announce to the world that you don't intend to get laid. All you have to do is not do it.
MerrilyJul 18th 2009 2:27AM
I like what you said Mort. Nothing you wear on your finger (including a wedding ring) guarantees that you will remain "pure" of heart. Vows of marriage should be the highest vow one makes to another person, but the house on "C" Street is proof that it isn't being kept.
E. V.Jul 17th 2009 10:54PM
Dumb, what about the teens who aren't Christian? Isn't this an insult to them?
BarbieJul 18th 2009 12:54AM
Most of the kids that are using this and then announce it are just daring others to prove it wrong. This is a personal choice that should be kept for best friends and serious boyfriends
JolisJul 18th 2009 2:43AM
I'm sure this is trivial but it's complement, not compliment, as this case may be.
rjhvlJul 18th 2009 3:22AM
I fully believe in abstinence (not only for religious, but practical reasons as well) but purity rings are overrated. I'm a teenager and I don't need a ring to practice a little self-control.