fred wrote
Davey wrote
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.

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

Same one.

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.

And require some damned rabbi to collect every scrap of
someone who has been blown to bits by some rag head etc.

Some wont even take the bones out of fish or filter water on the sabbath

Beats me

Some even encourage that.