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What exactly is the nature of those religious considerations? Is it just that you can use a dumb phone on friday night without violating the sabbath (can you?)
by mac01021 8y ago
What exactly is the nature of those religious considerations?
Is it just that you can use a dumb phone on friday night without violating the sabbath (can you?)?
Is there a religious doctrine that explicitly prohibits general purpose computing devices in the home?
- mjlee 8y agoIt's a phone that has the potential for corrupting influences removed. No web browser, MMS, etc.
- MichaelMoser123 8y agoI think it's about not being exposed to indecent content, but I am no authority on the subject.
- dijit 8y agoPhones stripped of anything that could be corrupting. Browsers, etc; More information here: https://www.quora.com/What-are-Kosher-cell-phones https://www.quora.com/What-are-Kosher-cell-phones
- imglorp 8y agoYeah, the idea is to prohibit work on the sabbath which includes kindling fire, and by association, commanding lights/electronics. So they might have lights on timers and such workarounds, so they don't actually touch them. And killing time on the internet/games/email is probably not in the spirit of studying scripture etc. No idea how they justify using a dumb phone doesn't trigger the work clause.
- brokenmachine 8y agoFun fact: in some places the lifts in buildings are set to stop at every floor during the sabbath, so people don't have to push the buttons or they'll go to hell or whatever. Seems to me if you're looking for loopholes and workarounds just so you can do what you need to do on certain days of the week, then the rules might be silly.