Because Steve Jobs was afraid of dying:
“Ever since I’ve had cancer, I’ve been thinking about (God) more. And I find myself believing a bit more. Maybe it’s because I want to believe in an afterlife. That when you die, it doesn’t just all disappear,” Isaacson quoted Jobs as saying.
“Then he paused for a second and he said ‘yeah, but sometimes I think it’s just like an on-off switch. Click and you’re gone,” Isaacson said of Jobs. “He paused again, and he said: And that’s why I don’t like putting on-off switches on Apple devices.”
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Not an unreasonable inference, perhaps, but the article doesn’t say that Steve Jobs was afraid of dying.
Let’s see what we have:
“Steve Jobs was afraid of dying” (maybe true, maybe not) + “And that’s why I don’t like putting on-off switches on Apple devices”. (apparently true, and a great quote) + links from a few other Christian bloggers = great Christian urban legend.
I see you’re already at spot number three for a Google search of “Steve Jobs afraid of dying”. Well done. But how did Fr Stephen, who just linked to your story, get to spot number two? Sometimes Google just isn’t fair.
I wonder what Steve Jobs’ dying words (“OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.”) are indicative of?
[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/sister-reveals-steve-jobss-final-words/article2219455/]
I did chuckle at this comment on the article: