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The loss of the sabbath in Christianity really puts a limelight on the dark side of grace. Rest is for eternity; clock back in.
by InefficientRed 4y ago
The loss of the sabbath in Christianity really puts a limelight on the dark side of grace. Rest is for eternity; clock back in.
- humanrebar 4y agoA lot of Christians still do some sort of Sabbath. It could be a sin to skip the Sabbath, even, depending on the theology. But the definition of sin in some theologies can be quite broad, personal, and circumstantial.
- usrn 4y agoWe weren't really told it was a sin I guess but that it was more honorable or optimal to not do anything except reflect and socialize on Sunday? It's not as extreme as what my great grandmother talks about where they really did nothing on Sunday. She was an atheist too so there definitely was a shift in American culture here.
- invalidOrTaken 4y agoAs a Christian who observes the Sabbath---is this not common among Christians? (I am genuinely asking, somewhat disconnected from the wider world of Christianity)
- InefficientRed 4y agoNot at all, at least in the USA.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoChristianity hasn’t lost the sabbath, the idea of the sabbath got steamrolled by a consumerist culture.
- InefficientRed 4y agoThat's either a silly tautology or false. Jews live in the exact same "consumerist society", but did not lose the sabbath. Even the most progressive Jews I know rest on the sabbath in some form or another.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoMost Jews in the US do not practice the Sabbath, many orthodox Christians in the US do practice the Sabbath…