[Hank Rearden]

Denouncing someone's religion in such a public and demeaning way.

That's not what I was doing - I reserve my denouncing energy for that death-cult Mohammadism.

This entire thread is about the silliness of the path to Heaven being paved with detailed instruction on kitchen-appliance operation. Sometimes clergying is like lawyering - you keep piling on rules, regulations and decisions until the average malleable person thinks he has no choice but to defer to the "smart people" to decide every aspect of their lives.

[safisoft]

silliness of the path to Heaven being paved with detailed instruction on kitchen-appliance operation

Your error is in thinking that this is about some Christian view of 'salvation'. It is not. It is about living NOW. Things of eternal signficance are seen in living today. 'Pie in the sky bye-and-bye' may be just an excuse to live the way you want today (after all, I am 'saved'), with a free pass for later. You are reading your own culture and your own religious perceptions into the keeping of the Sabbath. A dangerous thing.