Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
It's because an ox is so much stronger than a donkey, that hitching them to the same plow might lead to the donkey getting hurt.
Seems to me that there are a lot of "religious" laws that were created to make people/things safe, and they threw the God label on it to make people do it, i.e. I've heard that the prohibition against pork and shellfish was because people used to get sick eating those foods because they weren't cleaned properly (i.e. trichinosis), so they slapped a trayf label on it.
Seems to me that there are a lot of "religious" laws that were created to make people/things safe, and they threw the God label on it to make people do it
Yeah, that sounds about right. "OK, people, here's the safest way to do this." "Says who?!?" "Um... God! That's who!"
Linen's also fairly flimsy compared to either wool or cotton, so combining it with either helps to stretch out supplies of both.
It's also been suggested that the prohibition of pork was as much to help keep the ancient Hebrews as herders of sheep and goats, as pig-keeping in a town alters the way you set it up. Not to mention the eating-something-that-eats-trash aspect (which is also true of filter-feeders like shellfish).
Well... or God really DIDN'T want people getting sick from eating shellfish. OR shellfish are innately evil in ways we don't know about.
Which seems unlikely, but the more I read about shit we've fucked up because we thought we fully understood something we didn't, the more likely it sounds. Shellfish - evil! Linen - innately inimical to wool! Cats and dogs - lying down together! Why not?
Sort of how a lot of superstitions (bad luck to break a mirror, spilling salt, etc.) reflect the value/scarcity of the item in question.
"Stop messing around with that expensive, hard to replace and super fragile status symbol..."
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"or you'll get seven years bad luck!"
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It's because an ox is so much stronger than a donkey, that hitching them to the same plow might lead to the donkey getting hurt.
Seems to me that there are a lot of "religious" laws that were created to make people/things safe, and they threw the God label on it to make people do it, i.e. I've heard that the prohibition against pork and shellfish was because people used to get sick eating those foods because they weren't cleaned properly (i.e. trichinosis), so they slapped a trayf label on it.
I'm trying to think why someone would think hitching a donkey and an ox to the same plow would be a good idea.
I'm trying to think why someone would think hitching a donkey and an ox to the same plow would be a good idea.
That probably is the next step after you make a bong out of a skull...
You've got one ox, you've got one donkey, why not? It's worth a shot, anyway?
Note to self: when farming, do not take Jesse's advice.
God. The OSHA of the Old Testament.