Mark Zuckerberg Says Inspiration for Facebook Was Psalm 139:1-4
Inspiration for the design of Facebook came from Psalm 139:1-4, the company's founder Mark Zuckerberg said in a Sunday interview.
"When I read Psalm 139:1-4," Zuckerberg told reporter April Wan, "something just [mouse] clicked."
"I saw a heavenly glow and heard the voices of angels," he continued, "assuming angels sound like the hum of a billion servers and a heavenly glow looks like a backlit keyboard."
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Zuckerberg explained that he first learned about the Bible from an evangelical roommate in college.
"I had this roommate, Balaam Don Key, who told me the Bible is the bomb-diggity. I'm still not sure what that means, but it sounded like he was recommending it.
"Don (Balaam preferred to go by his middle name) seemed real excited when I told him I would read it. He said I shouldn't start at the beginning, though, but I should 'let the spirit move me,' which sounded like taking a shot of whiskey, but I later learned it means something totally different.
"When I opened the Bible and saw Psalm 134, I thought, 'wow, what a great business model.' I knew I wanted to build a company like that."
Psalm 134:1-4 reads:
You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
At press time, Zuckerberg is set to testify to Congress that Facebook's plan to know everything about everyone is not a threat to privacy.
