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Re: Lebanon has two timezones, after disputes over DST taking effect

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Post by firstlink » Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 7:16 AM UTC

dxdm wrote: post #8

firstlink wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

I think more people than one can come up with this thought independently. It's not a far stretch.

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.

Re: Lebanon has two timezones, after disputes over DST taking effect

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Post by mozball » Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 8:34 AM UTC

> 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.

Re: Lebanon has two timezones, after disputes over DST taking effect

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Post by cwmma » Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 10:44 AM UTC

mozball wrote: post #12

> 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.

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

Re: Lebanon has two timezones, after disputes over DST taking effect

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Post by jacooper » Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 2:08 PM UTC

dxdm wrote: post #7

jacooper wrote: post #5

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> Humans built religion. No, that's not true, at least for ibrahimic religions

Could you elaborate?

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.

Re: Lebanon has two timezones, after disputes over DST taking effect

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Post by anaganisk » Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 2:49 AM UTC

jacooper wrote: post #14

dxdm wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you elaborate?

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, t…

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.