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[chuck_lw]

The Internet can't entrap a person's soul.

I know this for a fact, because I haven't come anywhere near to developing the technology. (And yes, consider the project to be delayed ... again.)

[teferi]

Speaking as a self-identified Jew, the Haredim are utterly batshit crazy.

[korgmeister]

Pretty much every Jew I know says that, too.

For fun, I like asking them their opinion on whether they think it's fair that the Haredim avoid conscription in Israel.

It's mean to do that. But the result is so damn entertaining I don't care.

[mysterc]

I think I just shed a tear.

these folks are loopier than I realized

[jwz]

I found this: Israel’s Hidden Crisis
The Haredi community averages 7.6 children per woman, roughly triple the rate for the population as a whole.

AVERAGE‽ Dear religious nutjobs: it's a vagina, not a clown car!
Efforts have also been made to amend the draft laws so that young Haredi men can hold jobs. The latest was floated in late July by Israel’s Finance Ministry. Past efforts have met fierce resistance from Haredi rabbis, who view Torah study as sublime and employment as a distraction.

Employment is a distraction, they're right about that much. However, other things which are sublime include video games and web surfing.
Hope that helps.

[mhoye]

Somebody was disappointed by their orthodox realdoll.

Should've sprung for the ultra-orthodox model, I guess.

[dr_memory]

Through the hole in the sheet, how could you tell?

[shmooilk]

For them, The Internet means loss of control over their courts, which they can not abide by.

Luckily, they're a minority.

[sethg_prime]

...but this story is datelined Jerusalem, and in Israel, the religious courts are connected to the state.

[shmooilk]

The religious courts are connected to the state by way of funding and authority on religious affairs, such as weddings, funerals, etc.
They have no say in secular affairs - that's what the (secular) courts are for.

The only influence these rabbis have is on the people following their teachings. They do have some political power (after all, they are a part of the population and vote for their own parties in elections), but they are still the minority by far.

re: terrible impurity

[beerfrick]

I guess they finally found goatse and tubgirl