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Unvanguard

(4,588 posts)

8. There's no difference between those two.

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 05:48 PM

Mar 2015

That's why I said it wasn't the difference at issue here. (Depending on the design, it might be different in particular cases, for safety or other reasons. But it doesn't go to the religious rule at issue here.)

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Did religious beliefs play a part in fire that killed 7 kids in NYC? [View all] cleanhippie Mar 2015 OP

What kind of fucking nitwit would view a hotplate and a stove as mechanically different enough AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #1

You wind a long string that extends down the street and back up the other Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #3

That's not the difference at issue here. Unvanguard Mar 2015 #5

What in the HELL is the difference between AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #7

There's no difference between those two. Unvanguard Mar 2015 #8

So they, in fact, could have done the same dance with their stove instead AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #10

Yes, I think so, at least in principle. n/t Unvanguard Mar 2015 #11

"There's no difference here." okasha Mar 2015 #13

Yeah, was just clarifying that poster's position. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #14

You seem to be saying okasha Mar 2015 #16

Oh, no I meant no difference from the religious 'no work' observance thing. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #17

Exactly. okasha Mar 2015 #19

No. dgibby Mar 2015 #2

no actually this would have been a specific religious rule (sabbath observance) Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #4

How would you prevent it? Unvanguard Mar 2015 #6

Maybe point out they are rules-gaming their god. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #9

That's not the issue. okasha Mar 2015 #15

Right. And from an operation stand point, they are identical. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #18

I wonder if the family had a gas stove, though. okasha Mar 2015 #20

Hmm. AtheistCrusader Mar 2015 #21

I was going to say that the family could of used a Shabbos Goy Revanchist Mar 2015 #12