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12. Saving lives takes precedence over religious law.

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 08:17 AM

Apr 2017

For instance an observant Jewish surgeon could drive on the Sabbath if he has to get to a hospital to save a life.

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Twitter War [View all] bigtree Apr 2017 OP

I was just mentioning that in another post here. herding cats Apr 2017 #1

Death by phone. Demtexan Apr 2017 #2

Is our guy more crazy then theirs. Demtexan Apr 2017 #3

Only rock, paper, scissors will tell... nt EarthFirst Apr 2017 #4

Where is daughter/ wife. Demtexan Apr 2017 #5

It's Passover. murielm99 Apr 2017 #10

Saving lives takes precedence over religious law. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #12

We are in trouble. Demtexan Apr 2017 #13

Reminds me a bit of this: The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #6

Thanks for the laugh. Demtexan Apr 2017 #7

Time for North Korea to photoshop some tweets back. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2017 #8

Joy! Cha Apr 2017 #9

Yep, it's an especially legitimate worry right now bigtree Apr 2017 #11