Technology to help you work on the Sabbath.

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Technology to help you work on the Sabbath.

Post by Thinking Aloud » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:33 am

If you're worried about offending yhwh by appearing to work on the Sabbath, worry not - technology is here to help you, surreptitiously.


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Post by Bella Fortuna » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:36 am

Modern religion - a simple 467-step process to help you feel like you're sticking to the rules while not actually inconveniencing you!
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:39 am

So, they have technological ways to be hypocritical now?
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Post by Hermit » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:52 am

There was an animated discussion raging among orthodox Jews some years ago whether the use of motion-activated light switches were an acceptable workaround concerning the prohibition of lighting a fire on the sabbath. I can't remember how or if that problem was ever resolved, but it made me reflect on similarly idiotic features that I had escaped from when I rejected my catholic upbringing.
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Post by HomerJay » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:56 am

Sme dicussion here at ratskep.

Motion detectorsa not allowed, so the UK is installing and automated system for pedestrian lights in London to allow Sabbathers to access a mosque.

Plus news of a couple in 2009 who sued their neighbours over installation of motion switchs in flats in Bournemouth.


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Post by Bella Fortuna » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:01 pm

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Post by klr » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:02 pm

Live right by the international date line, so you can spend as little time as possible actually on the Sabbath.
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:04 pm

klr wrote:Live right by the international date line, so you can spend as little time as possible actually on the Sabbath.
"Thank you for calling the international date line... if you're interested in men, press one; if women, press two..."
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Post by HomerJay » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:30 pm

Bella Fortuna wrote:
klr wrote:Live right by the international date line, so you can spend as little time as possible actually on the Sabbath.
"Thank you for calling the international date line... if you're interested in men, press one; if women, press two..."
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:48 pm

HomerJay wrote:
Bella Fortuna wrote:
klr wrote:Live right by the international date line, so you can spend as little time as possible actually on the Sabbath.
"Thank you for calling the international date line... if you're interested in men, press one; if women, press two..."
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:41 am

"Religulous" had a segment on this crap. The utter dishonesty of the efforts to "work around" God's edicts is obvious.
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Post by Ronja » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:32 pm

Oh for fuck's sake!
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Post by Faithfree » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:43 pm

Are orthodox Jews allowed to wipe their arse on the Sabbath - just wondering? :think:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:46 pm

Faithfree wrote:Are orthodox Jews allowed to wipe their arse on the Sabbath - just wondering? :think:
Yeah, but it's "work" to unroll the paper, so they have a goy do that for them.
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