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Originally Posted by Gavin
Could I declare the the customer is unclean and refuse to serve them?
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If they were, then yes of course.
There's no law that says shops have to actually sell the items they stock.
Some Jews don't have two sinks or two sets of dinnerware, while others do.
Does this mean that those without two sets of dinnerware are not Jewish?
It's one of the things about religion being personal, you can adapt it to fit you.
Don't want to forgive people? Fine, ignore those bits and claim they aren't as important as the bits you've chosen to follow because they fit your lifestyle.
Don't want to give blood? No problem, re-interpret part of your religious text to show that you're right in not giving blood.
Want to have 5 wives when your god said men should only have 4? Well just invent a special case for yourself and enjoy the honeymoon.
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Originally Posted by Salu
Irritatingly, I think that if the story was reversed ie a Christian refusing to touch a copy of the Koran, there would have been a much greater fuss made....highlighting the unspoken bias....
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Christians refuse to sell things all the time, just there's no news in it unless it's to do with Jerry Springer.
Pornography, violent video games, cigarettes, alcohol, Terry Pratchett and other fantasy books like Harry Potter, all things that over the years I've read christians have refused to sell.