A Christian Perspective on the Legacy of Steve Jobs
The death of Steve Jobs, founder and iconic leader of Apple, is a signal moment in the lives of the “Digital Generation,” which Jobs, along with a very few other creative geniuses, made possible. Few individuals of any historical epoch can claim to have changed the way so many people live their lives, do their work, and engage the products of the culture.
Jobs was one of the most influential cultural creatives of all time. If that seems like an exaggeration, it is only because the products that Jobs and Apple brought into being have become so familiar that they appear as the furnishings of contemporary lives. The personal computer was not invented by Steve Jobs, but he saw the possibility of integrated systems that would allow personal creativity to blossom. He saw products that customers did not even know they needed — and then released the products to the public, creating entire new markets and unleashing an explosion of worldwide technological creativity.
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I thank God for the talents He bestowed on Steve Jobs.
-DespevilleUnfortunately Steve never responded to God's grace, never put his faith in the finished work of the Son of God.
-PaulI love (product)RED, a very nice way to gather money for such a good cause.
That said, I always new Steve Jobs was charitable, as is Bill Gate. Actually, many CEO's of countries which develop software and some forms of entertainment tend to be very giving – any company which is about developing new and exciting software. Google CEO's are up there too. I have an interesting theory about that, Windows, Apple and Google all represent progressivism in a digital sense – evolving technology and utilizing new tools to help us thrive. And those CEO's tend to be most generous, offer the most benefit to employees, be most caring about customer needs. Whereas Walmart is fairly…traditional, in it's business and business practices.
-BowmanaveBill Gates is charitable alright… funding abortion clinics worldwide and sterilization programs.
-DespevilleProgressivism? Puh-lease! Google, Jobs and Gates promote VERY unChristian values, such as population control and all that stupid green nonsense. You think because they made cool gadgets or software "progress" has been made?
What about the pervasive porn on the internet? How about the fact that kids can hardly read or write because email and texting? Not to mention all the immoral things they do with the technology. Let's see what all this "progressivism" produces in 10 years. God help us all.
-HurricaneAnd how was this article a Christian perspective??
-garyWAs Steve a Christian?
Why not?
This had more to do with profit margins (that is what enables charity).
I was GREATLY disapponted.
This would have been written by a non Christian as well.
I have found a lot of articles in this Zionica.com that were completely out of the realm of what you would expect from a "Judeo-Christian" website. Found some really good articles but seem to find more that make me question the site objectives.
-GodisaliveWhat kind of articles should we be posting as a "Judeo-Christian" website? What objectives do you believe we have that you are questioning?
-AdminIf Zionica.com is fully a Biblical Christian website, then it should adhere to Biblical standards and provide clear truth about those whom they are writing about…because Steve Jobs was NOT a Christian…he was a practicing Zen Buddhist and his natural father was/is a Muslim.
-WinstonI think everyone recognizes Steve Job's genius, but the important question is this: Was he saved – Did he know Christ?
-KnowTheTruthTodayJobs BEST represents American innovative ingenuity .. plain; simple.
-JPWI saw on the internet after I posted that Jobs was a Buddhist. Very sad.
-KnowTheTruthTodayI have an iPod shuffle. It's pretty cool. It didn't change my life. It is a tool.
-KenLike a hammer, it is a tool. It helps me do things. Hopefully I use the iPod tool
to do something useful, like I use my hammer. I could use tools to be destructive.
I think that the Jobs created tools were so popular because they were basically
used to entertain people. People would rather purse pleasure in these end times
than pursue God.
A typical liberally bent article about Steve Jobs. Although Jobs is described as a technolgical genius, his genious was flowered by LSD (in his own words) and he said that Bill Gates might have been more successful had he tried LSD himself. The article fails to mention that in addition to Jobs "might have been a Buddhist", he was into Zen Buddhism. The article also failed to mention that Job's illegitimate birth father was a Syrian Muslim who later in life was a VP of a Las Vegas casino, and Jobs was estranged from his natural birth father. Why is it that those who write about notable figures fail to completely and accurately disclose the full truth about them and just write to glorify their achievements which they did not take with them into the grave. Sure Steve Jobs was a successful entrepreneur and creative genius but it is Biblically clear that God does not favor the ungodly nor the unrighteous as there is but ONE way to the Father, and that is through His only begotten Son, Jesus….not Buddah, not Joseph Smith, not Mohammed, Ghandi, or any other fed by the works of the "angel of light", Satan.
-Winston