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In The Netherlands there are (or were) Christian political parties shutting down their websites on Sunday automatically.

• belter 5y ago
  For real? Do they request medical services to be up on Sunday or the Lord protects them? :-)
  • asoneth 5y ago
    I can't speak to the Christians, but even the most orthodox Jews I know support emergency services on the Sabbath -- and they'd absolutely drive someone to the emergency room if it came to that. Doing your best to observe a day of rest doesn't mean you can't choose to do work if it serves a greater good. (Whereas I'm pretty sure people won't die if they have to wait an extra day to order their camera equipment.)
    • belter 5y ago
      In the scenario you mentioned sounds tricky... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01226.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1553-2712....
      • asoneth 5y ago
        That's a great article and spot on. And it's definitely complicated. Just because work necessary to preserve human life is allowed doesn't mean anything done in a hospital is therefore permitted -- a sizeable fraction of the work in a hospital is about bookkeeping, billing, insurance, scheduling followups, paperwork, etc which can wait a day or two without anyone dying.
    • yowzadave 5y ago
      In NYC, most hospitals have a special elevator that, on the Sabbath, continually stops on every floor. This is to help orthodox Jews comply with their commitment to not turning electric devices on or off--they just board the elevator at the floor they want and get off when it arrives at their destination, without ever pushing any buttons.