Upvoted for being the only non-Jew I’ve ever met to know that.
Really? Nearly everyone I grew up with was told that and I assume I wasn’t the only one to remember. I infer that either you don’t know many Christians, the subject hasn’t come up while you were talking to said Christians or Christian culture in your area is far more ignorant of their religious theory and tradition than they are here.
I’ve heard that some rules are specifically supposed to only apply to Jews,¹ and I think most Christians have heard that at some point in their lives, but I don’t think most of them remember having heard that, and very few to know that not wearing clothing of two different kinds of fibre at the same time is one such rules.
I remember Feynman’s WTF reaction in Surely You’re Joking to learning that Jews are not allowed to operate electric switches on Saturdays but they are allowed to pay someone else to do that.
There are different Jewish doctrinal positions on whether shabbos goyim—that is, non-Jews hired to perform tasks on Saturdays that Jews are not permitted to perform—are permissible.
Do I get an upvote, too? I also know about what I should do if I want food I cook to be kosher (though I’m still a bit confused about food containing wheat).
I kew it too,. I thought it was common knowledge among those with any non-trival knowledge of non-folk Christian theology. Which admittedly isn’t a huge subset of the population, but isn’t that small in the west.
Do I get an upvote, too? I also know about what I should do if I want food I cook to be kosher (though I’m still a bit confused about food containing wheat).
I want an upvote too for knowing that if I touch a woman who has her period then I am ‘unclean’. I don’t recall exactly what ‘unclean’ means. I think it’s like ‘cooties’.
Well, I’d lived in Israel for three years, and I did not know about these rules in this much detail, so I feel like I deserve some sort of a downvote :-(
Upvoted for being the only non-Jew I’ve ever met to know that.
Really? Nearly everyone I grew up with was told that and I assume I wasn’t the only one to remember. I infer that either you don’t know many Christians, the subject hasn’t come up while you were talking to said Christians or Christian culture in your area is far more ignorant of their religious theory and tradition than they are here.
I’ve heard that some rules are specifically supposed to only apply to Jews,¹ and I think most Christians have heard that at some point in their lives, but I don’t think most of them remember having heard that, and very few to know that not wearing clothing of two different kinds of fibre at the same time is one such rules.
I remember Feynman’s WTF reaction in Surely You’re Joking to learning that Jews are not allowed to operate electric switches on Saturdays but they are allowed to pay someone else to do that.
There are different Jewish doctrinal positions on whether shabbos goyim—that is, non-Jews hired to perform tasks on Saturdays that Jews are not permitted to perform—are permissible.
And paying them on Saturday is always bad.
Pretty much a combination of all three. I live in a tiny bubble; occasionally I forget that and make stupid comments.
Do I get an upvote, too? I also know about what I should do if I want food I cook to be kosher (though I’m still a bit confused about food containing wheat).
I kew it too,. I thought it was common knowledge among those with any non-trival knowledge of non-folk Christian theology. Which admittedly isn’t a huge subset of the population, but isn’t that small in the west.
I want an upvote too for knowing that if I touch a woman who has her period then I am ‘unclean’. I don’t recall exactly what ‘unclean’ means. I think it’s like ‘cooties’.
Is this a sarcastic attempt to tell me that was a stupid reason to upvote someone? If so, I’ll retract it.
Not really, just playing along with MixedNuts talking about ridiculous Judeo-Christian rules. Vote up people for whatever you want.
Well, I’d lived in Israel for three years, and I did not know about these rules in this much detail, so I feel like I deserve some sort of a downvote :-(