Bob and I have talked about this. Children born after smart phones became available, live through their phones. We heard a young person say, "I don't need to go to the Grand Canyon, I have seen it on my phone."
Another time we were stopped at a stoplight and saw a young driver in the lane beside us as he was looking at his phone and texting. When the light changed, we moved forward, he didn't, didn't know the light changed. I looked in rear view mirror, and other cars started driving around him as he was still on the phone.
Perhaps the Antichrist could threaten to take away people's phones and they would follow the Antichrist in order to keep their phones which are an extension of themselves these days.
I like the internet for one reason: I can study what I want and find the information on the internet. Going to school until I graduated from a higher degree university, I had to spend my time in libraries and also checking out books, to find the information I needed. I also had to type on a typewriter without it being electric. No spell check except my eyes. Had to use eraser and retype if I missed a word.
Now, I teach a Bible class and love the internet to help me find what I want; type fast on computer, and it vomits if I misspell a word and it corrects the word.
I use my phone to call someone or answer a call.
