Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 21:42:15 +0000 (GMT+00:00), "Jim K.."
wrote:

Chris Hogg Wrote in message:
On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 20:24:19 +0000 (GMT+00:00), "Jim K.."
wrote:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbath_mode

Just a marketing ploy to gain an advantage over the competition for a
short while and sell a few more machines until they catch up.

And why not?


Shurely if you are a member of a faith, then you probably believe
a supreme being made the entirety of the cosmos. Worrying that
you are going to get on the wrong side of such a being because
you did "creative work" like turning on an oven, switching a TV
on or working a lift is somewhat silly?

So you're not complaining about the fact that 'Sabbath mode' machines
exist, only that some people adopt a regime for their lives that
allows mfrs of such machines to make products specifically for them.

But people believe all sorts of things, that to other people might
seem silly. It gives a structure to their lives that they need, while
others can survive without such a structure, or adopt a different one.
But it's what people do; it's just human nature. Get over it.


That is the best attitude to take, though it does seem strange to have a
set of rules that should be obeyed but are not compatible with the
technology of the 21st century and then use that technology for a work
around,it seems like cheating.
Same with areas called eruvs within which certain rules are relaxed . A
number of them have been created in the UK in recent times sometimes
controversially even within the faith itself. Planning permission had to be
obtained to erect boundary markers in the form of poles supporting almost
invisible fishing line to keep the boundary intact where a building or
other feature could not be used.

One is here set back from the lamppost in one of the North London ones.
https://goo.gl/maps/WvtRaB7NMb42

One concern is that granting the proponents of that religion permission to
establish such an area even though they do not intend for it to apply to
those who dont follow that particular belief and is not generally in
conflict
morally with the values of others in the UK could set a precedent for those
of other religions who may want to set up an area where their rules may be
looked upon as having some backing, and we already know that in the case of
many Muslims they dont want to just mingle and coexist but would want
their rules to have precedence over all believers or not.


GH