Cellphone text messaging is not only for teen gossip, it has now been used as a method for communicating with God.
The Lord's Prayer has been rewritten as a text message, as part of a competition run by a Christian website.
Entrants were asked to use just 160 characters or less, which
is the maximum that can be sent on many cellphones.
The traditional version of the Lord's Prayer is 372 characters.
A history student in Britain won the competition, with organisers saying many entries were received from Christian ministers.
The winning entry reads in full:
dad@hvn, ur spshl.we want wot u want&urth2b like hvn.giv us food&4giv r sins lyk we 4giv uvaz.don't test us!save us!bcos we kno ur boss, ur tuf&ur cool 4 eva!ok?
The traditional Lord's Prayer - as taken from the Anglican Church's Book of Common Prayer - is:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.
* Other competition results can be seen at: Ship of Fools
