It's all kind of tacky, like kosher elevators and kosher light switches. You're supposed to suffer a little.
I love that as part of their religion they think that they can trick their god. It just seems healthy to me, as an atheist.
Seems odd that his precepts would be satisfied by stringing a wire from some sticks, sure, but he's god, presumably he has his reasons.
You may argue I'm being antisemitic, but I'd counter that they don't get to hold a religion hostage so they can be totally off the wall insane.
Full line boundary on maps: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0...
original NPR article: https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/721551785/a-fishing-line-enci...
Once you take the leap of believing there is some big invisible guy in outerspace, pretty much any belief is possible after that...
Learned about that years ago when I ran into one of the maintainers on a walk. It's... not something I understand, but do respect, given that it's ancient history that is older than, well, most living people, and entirely well-intentioned and harmless to non-believers.
Jews: Hold my beer, guys. We need to do something.
