# Leap Year Day, Saturday, the Frum, the Pious and the Al-Muttaqin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leap-year-day-saturday-the-frum-the-pious-and-the-al-muttaqin/747128>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 25, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leap-year-day-saturday-the-frum-the-pious-and-the-al-muttaqin/747128 "2016-02-25T19:12:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leap-year-day-saturday-the-frum-the-pious-and-the-al-muttaqin/747128/41 "2017-01-02T18:15:47Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> I’ve read a number of excellent arguments against religion on this board. This thread… is not one of them.

No, I think the OP raises a valid point. If God created the universe for humans and he intended astronomical phenomena as a means for humans to keep track of time, then why does astronomical phenomena work so poorly as a time keeper?

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leap-year-day-saturday-the-frum-the-pious-and-the-al-muttaqin/747128/42 "2017-01-02T19:21:56Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Eh, I wouldn’t bother. You know it’s not going to be delivered on time.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leap-year-day-saturday-the-frum-the-pious-and-the-al-muttaqin/747128/43 "2017-01-02T20:37:23Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> What?

Where we’re going, we don’t need Saturdays.

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