Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: James.Quilty@comp.vuw.ac.nz (James William Quilty) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: the Sabbath & Soul... Message-ID: Date: 28 Apr 91 23:29:26 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Science, Victoria University, Wellington, NewZealand Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , davidbu@loowit.wr.tek.com (David E. Buxton) writes: > Clearly the heros of the NT kept the Sabbath, even with the Gentiles. > There are texts that at first glance suggest Sunday, but on closer > examination they clearly point to Sabbath observance. [deleted stuff] > Examining history it is clear that Sunday came into practice after > the Apostles were dead in their graves. [deleted stuff] > Jesus clearly stated - "If you love me keep my Commandments". Please put this reference in context - Jesus said this more than once in the same passage, and each time stated EXACTLY what commandments (little 'c') they were: love God and love your neighbour !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry, but the 'clear' statements are only 'clear' if one assumes and believes the writings of Ellen G. White... I don't. Otherwise, they simply aren't borne out by the facts. For an analysis of SDA doctrine on the nature of the soul and sabbath, I would refer readers to the following sources (posting them verbatim seems ancilliary): "The Four Major Cults" by A.A. Hoekema; and a booklet titled: "The Bible, the Christian and Seventh-Day-Adventists" the author of which temporarily escapes me (if anyone is REALLY interested, e-mail to me...). To forestall any protests of "out of context/inaccurate" I have checked every SDA reference to the original church/Ellen White text - they ARE accurate !!! Jim.