The question du jour is this: WOSWJU? Or, What Operating System Would Jesus Use? A trite question? Hardly. Anyone interested in the eternal fate of their computer data should concern themselves with finding the truth (Truth?) behind this question. Instead of just giving a pat-answer let’s go through our options, shall we?
Windows PC
HAHAHAHA! Oh, sorry. I just got a mental image of Jesus trying to defrag His heavenly hard drive. Look, all things considered, everyone knows that Windows PC’s are good for one thing and one thing only: gaming. So the real question is this: “Was Jesus a gamer?”
I like to think that Jesus could really get into some World of Warcraft. No way He’s playing strategy games (as great as they are) like Starcraft or Command and Conquer. In WOW He’d level at miraculous speed and build relationships with other WOW players, effectively sharing the good new of Himself with everyone in His guild.
Of course, if WOW is Christ’s game of choice then we have to acknowledge the fact that you can play WOW on other operating systems as well.
In the end, however, I think Jesus would get sick of all the viruses Satan would send him, ditch his Windows PC and buy a Wii so he could take care of his gaming jones and have Wii Sports tournaments with the disciples at the same time (Peter has a nasty competitive streak, or so I hear).
Mac OS X
Jesus loves a slick user interface, so OS X seems like a natural choice. Jesus would be taking care of the afore-mentioned gaming jones with his Wii so the utter lack of decent games for OS X is a moot point.
He’d love the fact that unlike Windows, Satan’s viruses would bounce right off His BSD-based OS. And when you’re running an OS that doesn’t need to defrag its hard drive . . . well . . . that’s like walking on clouds.
But what Jesus would dislike about the Mac and its OS is the vendor lock-in. Even though the Almighty owns the cattle on a thousand hills, He’d hate the idea that every time He wanted to upgrade an application or the OS itself, He’d have to pay someone. After all, He gave us forgiveness (indeed, He gave Himself) freely, without any strings attached.
Linux
Since Jesus already has that Wii He wouldn’t miss the lack of games for Linux. And like OS X He’d love the virus-free, defrag-free environment. But for Christ, the clincher for Linux would the the selfless way in which it’s offered. He’d identify with the idea of giving something away . . . for free . . . to everyone. And He’d love the idea of giving the free gift of Linux to others.
Sure, he’d miss the slick interface of OS X but he’d also realize that while man looks at the outside, God looks at the inside. Yes my friends, Jesus would use Linux. Now for the real question: would Jesus use the command line interface or would He be a graphical user interface kinda guy? Talk amongst yourselves.
