The Sabbath
Offline As part of the ten commandments, keeping the sabbath holy is on the same level as not committing murder or coveting. The sabbath represents God's day of rest, and thus everyone should rest, lie down, be completely inert, never walk, but lie down and chill. Of course, Jesus said it was okay to walk and people have listened ever since. But if God never made the Earth, and the word "sabbath" and "holy" never had any real meaning, then why is Sunday still the holiday of rest, where businesses close down, schools have no weekend classes, and the only thing available is the heathen land of Denny's. If religion is optional, why is this day of the week still revered with the same notions of nonworking not only to individuals but entire organizations and cities. Things can get done on Saturday, people can have classes or weekend jobs, but the following day is mostly unproductive for the country, shortening the useable amount of time by 1/7.
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Yahweh/Jesus says....
"Yes, keep the Sabbath day, for it is holy. Anyone who desecrates it must die; anyone who works on that day will be cut off from the community."
Exodus 31:12
But back then it was Saturday
"Show no mercy; have no pity! Kill them all – old and young, girls and women and little children." (Jesus triad)
"So the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey" (The Donkey) Numbers Chapter 22:30
I used to like watching the Orthodox Jews on L.A.'s west side run home Friday evening to turn on their lights.
the funny thing is sunday is the day of church, where all the priests and pastors work all morning.
Then Jesus goes out and picks corn on the Sabbath! The nerve of the guy! Stealing and violating the Sabbath all in one shot.
-Triften
If you get a chance, could you post the verses. Cultivated corn story from Israel, around 2000 years ago eh?
"Show no mercy; have no pity! Kill them all – old and young, girls and women and little children." (Jesus triad)
"So the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey" (The Donkey) Numbers Chapter 22:30
I live in a town that has a very large percentage of orthodox jews, whose sabbath is actually Saturday instead of Sunday (for those who didn't know). It actually works out kind of nicely because, while all the business owned by jewish folk are closed on Saturday, all the non-orthodox owned busiensses are open and pretty much everything is open on Sunday, since that's when the orthodox do their shopping, I guess. Works for me.
If god takes life he's an indian giver
Hmmm, good point.
Matthew 12:1-2 of the Skeptics Annotated Bible. Looks like the online KJVs have corn too.
-Triften
Corn is an old English word that means a little, hard thing.
I think you guys are thinking of maize.
I suppose they could be referring to something else, but it even says "ears".
-Triften
now that I don't know. I've never heard of "ear" used with any grain other than maize.
--EDIT--
Definition of Ear:
An ear is the top part of a grain plant, such as wheat. The ear contains the seeds.
I guess it could mean just about any kind of grain...
learn something new everyday...
The great thing is it still is Saturday. Sunday isn't the sabbath, it's the lord's day; Saturday is still the sabbath in christianity, but almost no christians remember that.
Almost no christians remember that.
Last summer I worked with this guy who was absent for some work function we had to attend on a Sunday. On Monday people were asking where he was, and he said he couldn't come in because he's a "Sabbatarian." I looked at him and responded taht the sabbath was Saturday, and he looked at me very confused.
The kicker was tah the function was originally set for Saturday but was rained out. He was planning on attending when it was Saturday.
Shaun
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