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[supergee]

The eruv may be my favorite example of "the spirit killeth, the letter giveth life." Because people can be insane about all sorts of things, it is occasionally treated as a plot by the Elders of Zion, but San Francisco has managed to get one without stirring up that particular cesspool.

Thanx to Mary Mactavish on Facebook.

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[supergee]

You think gods can't share a space?

[weofodthignen]

A few can--like the purely archetypal gods of the wiccans, and some of the neo-pagan gods. But it depends on the religion. For the most part, religions require a dedicated space, which I explain to newbies in my religion as like a marked landing strip. That is the original point of the Jewish purity rules; if they did not believe such things are important, they would not require themselves to follow the rules. I would not desecrate a religious Jewish home by praying to my gods in it; they are overriding my right to pray to my gods in whole neighborhoods and cities, let alone to walk the streets without being under their law. In England, I grew up legally within Church of England parishes. The rules of the Church of England are less onerous in many ways, but I was still theoretically--in the view of those who care about the Church--subject to its rules even in the public streets. The US is supposed to be a place where one is not subject to that in public places and one's residence. They care about that, and so do I, for similar reasons.