Andres
Puritan Board Doctor
The Super Bowl is a clear violation of the Standards.
The End.
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The Super Bowl is a clear violation of the Standards.
The Super Bowl is not a duty of necessity or mercy.
But to be consistent one should not use electricity, running water or a whole host of other things that are not necessary for 99% of us.
Unless we are just going to be arbitrary in deciding what we should abstain from?
Didn't think of it that way for some reason, just didn't click. Its on our TV live on a Monday and I was thinking of watching it, fishing is looking like a better option now me thinks.Whatever day, month, year you watch the Super Bowl, you are watching a video of people in the act of Sabbath breaking.
The Super Bowl is not a duty of necessity or mercy.
But to be consistent one should not use electricity, running water or a whole host of other things that are not necessary for 99% of us.
Unless we are just going to be arbitrary in deciding what we should abstain from?
The Super Bowl is not a duty of necessity or mercy.
But to be consistent one should not use electricity, running water or a whole host of other things that are not necessary for 99% of us.
Unless we are just going to be arbitrary in deciding what we should abstain from?
For some reason, I never find the other commandments scrutinized nearly as much as I see the fourth.
Again, I'm noticing the similarities to the Jewish Sabbath restrictions. "Duties of necessity and mercy" seem very similar to the Jewish concept of pikuach nefesh (the teaching that Sabbath restrictions (and almost any other Jewish law) can be broken in order to save someone's life). I noticed this especially with regard to generating electricity.
Honestly, if you look into how the Sabbath is observed by Orthodox Jews, you'll see just how absurd they have made it.
Again, I'm noticing the similarities to the Jewish Sabbath restrictions. "Duties of necessity and mercy" seem very similar to the Jewish concept of pikuach nefesh (the teaching that Sabbath restrictions (and almost any other Jewish law) can be broken in order to save someone's life). I noticed this especially with regard to generating electricity.
Honestly, if you look into how the Sabbath is observed by Orthodox Jews, you'll see just how absurd they have made it.
I agree wholeheartedly with Rev. Keister's sentiment. The issue at stake is that of participating in the sins of others. Here is an excellent sermon I heard recently on that subject.Watching it at all, no matter what day we actually watch it, is contributing to their breaking the Sabbath, is it not?
Why is this thread dated 2015?
No. It is about breaking the commandment and not who might break the commandment some time in the future. I am with Andrew.I noticed a few on here also engage in the NCAA football league on the PB (Myself included ). Many of the players in those games are looking to one day play on Sunday’s. Would watching them, knowing their intention to hopefully one day break your understanding of the 4th commandant, be okay, being that, in some sense we are supporting them?
I know there are many questions along these lines, but I am curious to know if anyone has really thought them through.
I'm not trying to be cheeky, but I was told by someone that electricity is not a necessity (in relation to the Sabbath). Their reasoning was that technological progress shouldn't negate keeping the Sabbath. Ergo, working at a power plant is not truly a work of necessity. Perhaps the person who told me that was straining at gnats, but it does give pause to consider whether the attitude one has towards the Sabbath is at least equal to its outward observance.How is someone working at the power plant a violation of the standards as it relates to duties of necessity and mercy (Isa. 63:13; Matt. 12:1-13)?