TIL since it is forbidden for Jews to carry certain objects in public during Shabbat, many cities have installed lines in the air, enclosing the city, making the entire city count as private domain and thus making it allowed to carry among other things, house keys, tissues, medication, and babies.

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[–]NorfolkTerrier 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

See also: Catholic fishermen convincing everyone that fish doesn't count as meat on Lenten Fridays.

I think that following arbitrary rules can actually be a meaningful religious experience, and I wouldn't knock someone for doing so. It's less about whether this or that action is "bad" somehow, and more about making a symbolic sacrifice of some kind, and putting religious thought into all kinds of random daily behaviors. I'll never understand the loopholes though. Are the people who do this stuff still faithful, and this kind of thought about the rules is just an odd part of the experience? Or do they just not care? If they don't care, why go to all the trouble to make what you're doing fit within the rules?

[–]bobbobbybob 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The second half of the Talmud is basically a long list of ways to get around the laws of the first half.

There's a reason God took away their knowledge of his name.