Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!seismo!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 Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 00:50:08 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Science, Victoria University, Wellington, NewZealand Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , rvp@softserver.canberra.edu.au (Rey Paulo) writes: |> I think there's a slight error in your reckoning of days as reckoned |> by |> the Jews. The scripture read, in the evening of the same day. To |> the |> Jews, and of course to the apostles, the day starts at 6:00 PM to |> 6:PM |> the following day, so that Sunday starts in the evening of Saturday. What happened to "sunset - sunset" ? (which is what the Bible actually says and is what SDA's & Jews, etc. keep ! - 6pm - 6pm was an early mistake by E.G.White of the SDA church, which was subsequently rectified !) |> The issue here is obedience. If you are well aware that the Sabbath |> is Saturday and GOD said you must observe the day, but you insist to |> do the observance on Sunday because of such and such reason, I don't |> think you are obeying GOD. What if the reason for non-observance is because that is the way that God wants it in the Bible ??? Who then do you obey in keeping the sabbath ? Who told told you about sabbath-keeping ? Jim.