Should we put Sunday workers to death?

If 99% of Americans believe in the ten commandments, how can the Bible be repulsive? Let's take the fourth commandment as an example. It says:



Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work鈥攜ou, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. [Exodus 20: 8-9]

This, supposedly, is the word of God, the almighty ruler of the universe.

Now think about this. Wal-mart is open on the Sabbath. And so is Target. Best buy is open on the Sabbath. And so is Circuit City. Home Depot is open on the Sabbath. And so is Lowes. In fact, millions of businesses in America have employees working on the Sabbath. Even Christian Family Bookstores has employees working on the Sabbath.



What should we do with all of these people who are breaking the fourth commandment?



In the Bible's book of exodus - the same book that contains the ten commandments 鈥?the Bible tells us what to do with everyone who breaks the fourth commandment. Exodus 31 verse 15 tells us exactly what to do:



For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

That's right. The Bible commands the death penalty for anyone who works on the Sabbath, and we should obey. Right? This means we have to kill tens of millions of Americans.

Should we line these tens of millions of Americans up and shoot them?



Should we put them in giant gas chambers?Should we put Sunday workers to death?
please, give me a break
No......... Christianity Does Not recognize or Observe the Sabbath. Only Jews. Christ even said, when questioned, that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.



Christianity, after the crucifixion and ressurection, adopted Sunday worship in remembrance of the ressurection of Christ. Christians no longer worship on the Sabbath, but rather on "The Lord's Day".Should we put Sunday workers to death?
yawn
I'm with Brian on this oneShould we put Sunday workers to death?
uhhh. God gave that commandment to a different group of people, not to "us" per se. If you are Jewish, then yes, it is your commandment to follow.



I know this because the Sabbath day is Saturday.... not Sunday. Sunday is when the Christians go to church. Christ said he was "Lord of the Sabbath".



Keep quoting the bible though. I want to keep my weekends off. Think how bad it would be if it wasn't there at all?
WELL THEN i GUESS ALL THE POLICE, MILITARY AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS WOULD GO 1ST LEAVING ANARCHY.. IT WOULDNT BE LONG TIL THE REST OF THE HUMANS LEFT WOULD JUST KILL ECHOTHER AND YOU WOULDNT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE WORKING ON SUNDAYS...







WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING?
Ha, ha. The world has changed tremendously since the bible was written. We need police officers, firemen, doctors,etc. 24 hrs a day 7 days a week. If those people didn't work Sunday's we would have a lot of people die unnecessarily.
Jesus was condemned for healing on the sabbath many times but they were not able to kill Him.
One of those inconvenient bits of the bible that even the christian fundies are reluctant to follow....



... How ironic.

So... the real question is: How many excuses for NOT putting sunday-workers to death can they come up with?
Just look at the answers of these idiots; by using their own judgment to determine which parts of the bible are to be taken literally, they are accepting that the bible cannot be the inerrant word of God. So god f*cked up when he inspired the people who wrote the bible. And they still worship a God who f*cked up and wrote the dumbest book in the history of mankind.
To break the bread on the table, one must have the bread on the table, sometimes we must work on Sun., I talked to Jesus about this once when we were on the "E" train, he just high fived me, and said "It's cool man, I understand, hey thank's for helping that wounded animal the other day", what else would Christ say ?
some people have no choice but to work on Sunday....if they don't they will get fired....God gives you a job to do and you must do it with good faith, if your schedule falls on Sunday God should punish whoever made up this schedule in the first place, i'm pretty sure the employee doesn't really make the schedule up so someone else is to blame for this, and what if all stores are closed on Sunday, where will people that go to church eat at before and after they go to church, i think people that eat out or pump gas in their car promote people to work on Sunday because those chuch goers give them money in order for them to work, see how reality is, you the churchgoer doing sin on sunday by forcing someone to work on Sunday
yes, as long as you include preachers, vicars, bishops, etc.
Put me out of my misery! I work weekends and I like it. I went to Mass this evening at the home of a friend. We do this regularly because of our busy lives. The priest is a personal friend. We kept this, The Lord's Day Holy. But then, everyday is His! He not so anal as in your ramblings. Blah Blah Blah! Get real.
Ohh that's just the literal word, that doesn't count any more. The new sheeple of Christ have morphed into a new more warm and fuzzy dogma. Don't take it so literal, even though it is one of HIS commandments.
Yes, kill yourself first, we will follow closely.



Trust me.
The workers shouldn't be put to death! The jerks in higher management that require working on a Sunday should have to pay for that!
phoenix is correct - moderate christianity is intellectual dishonesty.



the bible clearly states that working on the sabbath is a very very serious sin.
no some people need to work to eat %26amp; some jobs require work on sunday
The last day of the week, the 7th day, Sabboth Day has always been Saturday, but for some reason, people celebrate Jesus and worship him on Sunday.

I remember reading about when and why it changed to Sunday, but I don't remember the answer.
If you read the Bible like you should, Jesus came to be crucified for our sins, we are not bind-ed to the law of the old testament but to the new. With the death or Jesus we were set free. But in the new testament, it states that you should not work on sabbath day, if you do you lose out on all the blessings and it does not state you should be killed. May you ask a question like that again, get your facts right. For those who mislead another not to believe will burn in hell.
Yet another reason why moderate Christianity is a joke.
i'm religious...I go to church, but its unrealistic to not work on sunday. people need to eat, and live on sundays. If i'm driving to church on sunday with my family and my car breaks down, I need to call a tow truck. If he isn't working what do i do with my family. what about police officers? can they work.



All in all, I think you are a very weird guy for asking a question like this....
Surely we should, as soon as we get rid of everyone who has ever cheated on their spouse, or had sex before marriage (oops), or gotten a tattoo (oops again), or held a grudge for more than seven years, or eaten shrimp or rabbit, or worn clothes made of two different materials (poly/cotton blend, anyone?), or women who have cut their hair as short as a man's, or women who have ever worn pants, or men who have ever shaved (oops again), or any of fifteen million other things that are sins.



Gonna be a mighty lonely country with just you and that pedestal after all us heathens are put to death.
If you really have to, it might be a good idea to start with the clergy and then abolish the 'law'.
Fortunately the laws of the sabbath don't apply to non-Jews living in the 21st century. So no need for gas chambers.



You need to read the *rest* of the Bible.
You are obviously making the point that Christianity and it's references are both moot.
You are joking i hope putting people in gas chambers.Killing millions of Americans. You really believe this.? Please get some psychiatric help,you are in dire need of it.
Well, this is the USA. Where religious freedom is more important than christian rules.

So, if we want to follow christian rules that exactly, like putting those who break the sabbath to death, we need to live in a country where religious law is political law.

But we don't: we live in America. Where the right to practice spirituality in any way we feel is right is the way it is: and thats how it should be.

So no. We shouldn't put those who work on the sabbath to death, because we live in a country where it's not right to impose our religious beliefs on others. So those who break our laws should not be subjected to our laws.