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To me (an atheist) this and the eruv thing (as linked in response to your post) sound very insane, without much humor thrown in. It's fully grown up, serious, r

To me (an atheist) this and the eruv thing (as linked in response to your post) sound very insane, without much humor thrown in. It's fully grown up, serious, rational people wasting engineering effort, money and time on ridiculous, arbitrary rules. Don't get me wrong, I 100 % respect anyone's right to go through all this, but I would personally hate to be part of this.

tom_mellior 6y ago
> ridiculous, arbitrary rules ... that everybody, including the God who made the rules, understands are being violated. Can one actually believe that "haha, we pranked an all-knowing, all-powerful, vindictive deity" is the path to being considered righteous by that deity?
- benjohnson 6y ago
  In my faith tradition, G-d defiantly does have a sense of humor.
- TchoBeer 6y ago
  Except God _didn't_ forbid these things.
enriquto 6y ago
> It's fully grown up, serious, rational people wasting engineering effort, money and time on ridiculous, arbitrary rules. You'll find lots of such people here on HN. Ever seen entire, perfectly working programs and libraries, rewritten from scratch because the original license was not kosher/halal? It seems to be quite the rage today.
itisit 6y ago
It's all rather silly, isn't it?