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AtheistCrusader

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17. Oh, no I meant no difference from the religious 'no work' observance thing.

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 10:00 PM

Mar 2015

Stoves are safer than hot plates due to their fixed nature and more extensive UL testing. Also a fixed stove can't wander into the sink, or over underneath the drapery, or get knocked over by some fatass cat. Usually people pay attention to what sort of material a stove is installed on, but a hot plate can be set on anything.

But I doubt a UL rating means anything to a god. They operate the same. Input energy, output heat. A hot plate is just a small, portable, and in some cases, inherently dangerous stove.

The proscription is against working, so the operation of the two devices is the issue. They operate identically.

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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