stephen@dcl-cs.UUCP (Stephen J. Muir) (11/29/85)
I would just like to throw in my two-penneth here. According to the Bible God, when creating the world, worked for 6 days and rested on the 7th, which was a Sunday. So, historically, Sunday is the last day of the week. -- UUCP: ...!seismo!mcvax!ukc!dcl-cs!stephen DARPA: stephen%comp.lancs.ac.uk@ucl-cs | Post: University of Lancaster, JANET: stephen@uk.ac.lancs.comp | Department of Computing, Phone: +44 524 65201 Ext. 4599 | Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK. Project:Alvey ECLIPSE Distribution | LA1 4YR
gcb1@ukc.UUCP (G.C.Blair) (11/29/85)
> I would just like to throw in my two-penneth here. According to the Bible God, > when creating the world, worked for 6 days and rested on the 7th, which was a > Sunday. So, historically, Sunday is the last day of the week. Would someone please point out to me the passage in either The Old or The New Testament where it is specifically mentioned that The Lord rested on a *Sunday*? As all Christians, Jews, etc. know, the original sabbath was what we now call Saturday. This is, indeed still respected by Jews. The reason Christians use Sunday is to commemerate the New Covenant, as Jesus rose on the third day, Good Friday being the first day. This should be obvious to anyone with a sincere interest in The Bible. Please take Christmas seriously this year... Grant C. Blair [If you knew the significance of random numbers in Mission software...........]
magik@chinet.UUCP (Ben Liberman) (12/04/85)
In article <829@dcl-cs.UUCP> stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Stephen J. Muir) writes: >I would just like to throw in my two-penneth here. According to the Bible God, >when creating the world, worked for 6 days and rested on the 7th, which was a >Sunday. So, historically, Sunday is the last day of the week. >-- Gee, according to my bible it started on sunday and saturday was the 7th day of the week. What's the copyright date on yours? Maybe it's a newer edition. -- ----------------------------------------- Ben Liberman ihnp4!chinet!magik
tombre@crin.UUCP (Karl Tombre) (12/04/85)
In article <829@dcl-cs.UUCP> stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Stephen J. Muir) writes: >I would just like to throw in my two-penneth here. According to the Bible God, >when creating the world, worked for 6 days and rested on the 7th, which was a >Sunday. So, historically, Sunday is the last day of the week. ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Sorry, but this is wrong. The day when God rested was the Sabbath, that is saturday. The jews still consider saturday as being the holy day. So do some christian movements too, such as adventists for example. But why then do most christians have sunday as the holy day? This probably comes from the fact that Jesus ressurected on a sunday, and wasn't also pentecost day on a sunday? In the Bible, we see that the early christians gathered on different days. In Acts 16,13 for example, they were gathered on they day of sabbath (saturday). But in Acts 20,7 they came together, on the "first day of the week" (sunday) to share the bread and listen to Paul. What was the official holy day for them? I don't know. Anyway, I don't want to start a religion fight, it is not the place for this here and it would be useful. But facts remain that the 7th day of week according to the Bible IS saturday. -- --- Karl Tombre @ CRIN (Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Nancy) UUCP: ...!vmucnam!crin!tombre or ...!inria!crin!tombre COSAC: crin/tombre POST: Karl Tombre, CRIN, B.P. 239, 54506 VANDOEUVRE CEDEX, France Les plus desesperes sont les chants les plus beaux, Et j'en sais d'immortels qui sont de purs sanglots. Alfred de Musset.
galenr@iddic.UUCP (Galen Redfield) (12/05/85)
In article <235@chinet.UUCP> magik@chinet.UUCP (Ben Liberman) writes: >In article <829@dcl-cs.UUCP> stephen@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Stephen J. Muir) writes: >>I would just like to throw in my two-penneth here. According to the Bible God, >>when creating the world, worked for 6 days and rested on the 7th, which was a >>Sunday. So, historically, Sunday is the last day of the week. > >>-- >Gee, according to my bible it started on sunday and saturday was the 7th day of >the week. What's the copyright date on yours? Maybe it's a newer edition. > >-- >----------------------------------------- >Ben Liberman ihnp4!chinet!magik Well, double gee. My bible doesn't mention the names of the days of the week. I bet somebody out there is more of an expert than I, but I believe that the names of the days of the week which we use in English derive from several sources, including Roman and Norse mythology. Do you really think anyone knows which day is the 7th day, after all this time? I mean, this *is* of paramount importance. Seems to me the safest way to observe the Sabbath (resting, worshiping, watching football, whatever) would be to do it every day of the week, just to be sure that you got the seventh one covered. It's just a thought. -- Warm regards, Galen.