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> I always thought these workarounds were odd - does God have no objection to using proxies to get around the rules? Apparently, the consensus is that the God

• stavros 1y ago
  My god, the mental gymnastics we do so we can continue to pretend comforting things are true...
  • aziaziazi 1y ago
    That sounds profoundly ignorant of human’s customs and cultural usages. Using "we" shows the orator includes himself in the group but the surprised tone "my god" has a bitter taste of despise. I’m not Jewish but it’s easy to see similar mental gymnastics on myself or around. Remarking it on others before myself would show a great lack of introspection. When someone is surprised, the wise thinking is to question his own beliefs before the object of his discovery.
    • stavros 1y ago
      Which of my beliefs am I meant to question? That maybe there does exist an all-poweful, all-knowing being to whom it is somehow important that humans do not perform specific menial tasks on specific days of the week, since a lot of people seem to believe this?
  • GoblinSlayer 1y ago
    Every tradition is spontaneous, thus idiosyncratic.