Is the Mobile Phone More Important than People?

One may immediately conclude, "People are important", after reading the title of this post. Come! Listen!

Globally, the use of mobile phones has increased rapidly. City and village dwellers alike have access to mobile phones. Though it is a good think to have easy means of communication such as mobile phones, mobile phones have been increasingly becoming important than human beings! Why am I saying this?

Look around and see how someone near you would ignore you immediately when a call comes in. See how busy people would be browsing, texting, and play games on their phones while sitting in the middle of other people. This following simple question can bring clarity to what I mean. When someone sitting with friends, colleagues, or relatives prefer to chat using a mobile phone rather than directly chat with people present, what does it tell us with respect to importance? The simple answer is, mobile phone is important than people.

I know that many might still argue that, there is no way a mobile phone could be more important that human being. It is true; however, the action always speaks more that the mere words uttered. John, in his letter, tells us that love cannot be by words but by actions - he stresses the importance of action. In essence, human being is more important than anything else in the world; however, the same human being, through actions, tries to make other things such as mobile phone look more important than human being.

Though the element of addiction to phones and chats is not ignored, I still think people always interact much with what they like or related to most.

The best way to use a phone is:

1. to use it to communicate important and necessary issues.
2. not to browse or chat when in the middle of those you can directly chat with.
3. to love people more than your phone.
4. to develop a habit of switching off phones when in a meeting or important functions including church. 

You are welcome to let me know what you think about the topic.