On Friday, August 3, 2012 10:05:41 AM UTC+1, Davey wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:46:02 +0100

GB wrote:





It makes as much sense as all the other "get arounds" that exist

in most religions



The one I like is the eruv.



I once heard of an eruv where the wired off area was very

small....but that was considered the 'outside'....





You just don't understand the finer points of religious reasoning. An

eruv is a boundary wall taken to its most minimal extreme. You start

off by asking what a wall is, and move on to asking whether it's

still a wall if it's not in good condition. Everybody would agree it

is. Then, what if it has holes in? Sure, that's okay. So, what if the

holes are really big holes? That's okay, too. So, you end up with an

eruv, which is a wall with a simply huge hole in it.



It's all perfectly logical, but if you think of it as a boundary

marker you may be happier. It's no different, really, from the

boundary line between neighbouring counties, but even that tenuous

line acts as a barrier to policemen.





It sounds like one of those invisible dog fences.

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Davey.

Can't be as crazy as the strain of Jewish religion that forbids ALL work on the sabbath.

I watched a programme many years ago about the extraordinary lengths some would go to comply with this. Even down to a special light switch which was designed to comply with this.Some wont even take the bones out of fish or filter water on the sabbath

Beats me