Thou Shalt Honor the Sabbath

[Wings]

By the by...

I thought this thread would be about honoring Black Sabbath.

I came in here hoping for more Black Sabbath.

 

[KRCummings]

I grew up in a town that was overwhelmingly Seventh Day Adventist and you can bet that nothing happened from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday but anything goes on Sunday. Some Sunday people did bitch once in a while and got nowhere with it. Too much money from the Adventists to risk pissing them off. And they're a bitchy lot, too.

 

[JohnnySavage]

In the county I grew up in, business were not allowed to be open on Sundays. If you had an essential business, like a pharmacy or something like that, you could get a special permit to be open.

There are still no alcohol sales on Sunday there.

 

[KRCummings]

In the county I grew up in, business were not allowed to be open on Sundays. If you had an essential business, like a pharmacy or something like that, you could get a special permit to be open.

There are still no alcohol sales on Sunday there.

We still can't sell alcohol on Sundays here either. It's odd because I very rarely drink but those times when I do need a bottle of wine or some beer or something it's always on Sunday when I can't get it.

 

[Frizzle_Fry]

We still can't sell alcohol on Sundays here either. It's odd because I very rarely drink but those times when I do need a bottle of wine or some beer or something it's always on Sunday when I can't get it.

This is exactly why religion should be kept out of gov/legislation!!! Beer is a finite resource in Any given household/fridge/cooler.....

Why should a godless heathen like myself have to do without because domineering, tyrannical Jesus freaks want to get their god buzz on? I demand the right to be a good little lush of a consumer any time I like.....

 

[bronzeage]

...unless the playing of the game could be construed as work.

But assuming they can't play on Sabbath for whatever reason...should the game have been moved?

One of the first lessons any athlete learns is the rules can not be changed during the game. The people who run an orthodox school in Houston, Texas are fully aware that for most of the city, Saturday is an ordinary day. The team forfeits any missed games. They are asking other teams to either play on the Christian Sabbath or during a school day.

 

[phrodeau]

...unless the playing of the game could be construed as work.

But assuming they can't play on Sabbath for whatever reason...should the game have been moved?

There are thirty nine creative activities prohibited on the Sabbath. Playing games involves none of these.

Jewish schools are open on the Sabbath.

 

[pointless]

One of the first lessons any athlete learns is the rules can not be changed during the game. The people who run an orthodox school in Houston, Texas are fully aware that for most of the city, Saturday is an ordinary day. The team forfeits any missed games. They are asking other teams to either play on the Christian Sabbath or during a school day.

or, you know, after sundown on saturday.