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Lebanon has two timezones, after disputes over DST taking effect

nathancahill 4y ago
Happened in Guatemala. The Christian populace rebelled against DST and insisted that all meetings be scheduled on "God's time" (an hour different from official "government time"). After 6 months of chaos, the government gave up and did not repeat DST the next year.
- anaganisk 4y ago
  This is probably to the wrong crowd, but Why are orthodox religious people adamant on doing God's way? I mean if you believe everything is part of God's plan why can't you just accept the change of lifestyle over decades of human development. Humans built religion, religions didn't make humans.
  - firstlink 4y ago
    > Humans built religion, religions didn't make humans. I wonder if the irony of paraphrasing Christ was intentional? I suspect that you have learned this idiom without realizing its origins.
    - dxdm 4y ago
      I think more people than one can come up with this thought independently. It's not a far stretch.
      - firstlink 4y ago
        The phrase is obviously idiomatic: it omits the conclusion one is supposed to draw. I don't intend to defend the very concept of idioms to someone invested in not believing in them or whatever it is that motivated your comment.
  - jacooper 4y ago
    > Humans built religion. No, that's not true, at least for ibrahimic religions
    - dxdm 4y ago
      Could you elaborate?
      - jacooper 4y ago
        For every ibrahimic religion there was a messenger/prophet, sometimes multiple. For example, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed. These people didn't create the religion, they were reciting what god said to them, either through their actions or directly writing what was said to them. You might say, "but there were changes to the books after these messengers!" Yes, but not in the case of Islam. But the basic premise is the same, these are God's religions, one prays to god, not to its Prophets.
        anaganisk 4y ago
        Without humans none of the religions even exist, do we see animals visiting any shrines? Cavemen existed without religions, the origin of religion is humans. They picked a god for that religion.
        jacooper 4y ago
        Maybe that's what you believe as a nonbeliever. But no, humans didn't create ibrahimic religions. Religions were created by god to steer humans into believing in their creator. I really don't want to continue this conversation as we won't find any consensus on this.
  - xbmcuser 4y ago
    Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset for the them the time change would have an effect as if sunset was at 7 before so they had time to get off from work and break their fast at home. I don't think the time change opposition is for religious reasons but more because of convenience reasons.
nashashmi 4y ago
The government postponed dst for the month of Ramadan. But Christian churches challenged this. This is hate to the point of nuisance.
- wara23arish 4y ago
  Bullshit People are pissed because it was announced and implemented last minute. A leaked video shows of the head of parliament discussing this as if he’s in a flea market. The same guy that’s been there for almost 30 years.
mozball 4y ago
> meaning that Muslims in the country can open their fast an hour earlier, Sounds wrong. Fast is opened up at sunset under the horizon from your location. The time on the clock has little bearing.
- cwmma 4y ago
  Yeah but the time on the clock when sunset is will be an hour earlier, meaning you can break fast an hour earlier in relation to your job and whatnot

Happened in Guatemala. The Christian populace rebelled against DST and insisted that all meetings be scheduled on "God's time" (an hour different from official "government time"). After 6 months of chaos, the government gave up and did not repeat DST the next year.

anaganisk 4y ago
This is probably to the wrong crowd, but Why are orthodox religious people adamant on doing God's way? I mean if you believe everything is part of God's plan why can't you just accept the change of lifestyle over decades of human development. Humans built religion, religions didn't make humans.
- firstlink 4y ago
  > Humans built religion, religions didn't make humans. I wonder if the irony of paraphrasing Christ was intentional? I suspect that you have learned this idiom without realizing its origins.
  - dxdm 4y ago
    I think more people than one can come up with this thought independently. It's not a far stretch.
    - firstlink 4y ago
      The phrase is obviously idiomatic: it omits the conclusion one is supposed to draw. I don't intend to defend the very concept of idioms to someone invested in not believing in them or whatever it is that motivated your comment.
- jacooper 4y ago
  > Humans built religion. No, that's not true, at least for ibrahimic religions
  - dxdm 4y ago
    Could you elaborate?
    - jacooper 4y ago
      For every ibrahimic religion there was a messenger/prophet, sometimes multiple. For example, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed. These people didn't create the religion, they were reciting what god said to them, either through their actions or directly writing what was said to them. You might say, "but there were changes to the books after these messengers!" Yes, but not in the case of Islam. But the basic premise is the same, these are God's religions, one prays to god, not to its Prophets.
      - anaganisk 4y ago
        Without humans none of the religions even exist, do we see animals visiting any shrines? Cavemen existed without religions, the origin of religion is humans. They picked a god for that religion.
        jacooper 4y ago
        Maybe that's what you believe as a nonbeliever. But no, humans didn't create ibrahimic religions. Religions were created by god to steer humans into believing in their creator. I really don't want to continue this conversation as we won't find any consensus on this.
- xbmcuser 4y ago
  Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset for the them the time change would have an effect as if sunset was at 7 before so they had time to get off from work and break their fast at home. I don't think the time change opposition is for religious reasons but more because of convenience reasons.

nashashmi 4y ago

The government postponed dst for the month of Ramadan. But Christian churches challenged this. This is hate to the point of nuisance.

wara23arish 4y ago
Bullshit People are pissed because it was announced and implemented last minute. A leaked video shows of the head of parliament discussing this as if he’s in a flea market. The same guy that’s been there for almost 30 years.

mozball 4y ago

> meaning that Muslims in the country can open their fast an hour earlier, Sounds wrong. Fast is opened up at sunset under the horizon from your location. The time on the clock has little bearing.

cwmma 4y ago
Yeah but the time on the clock when sunset is will be an hour earlier, meaning you can break fast an hour earlier in relation to your job and whatnot