Sunday, the first day of the week, observed as the Sabbath by most Christian sects. The name comes from the Latin, “Dies Solis”, meaning the “Sun’s Day”: the name of a pagan Roman holiday. It is also called, in Latin, “Dominica”, the Day of God ! In the prophets, and especially Isaiah, you will find the statement, so often repeated by the leaders of the Churches that; “The true Sabbath is not is not ceasing from physical work, but to stop sinning.”——-perfection can be found in man’s attempts to stop sinning!!
There is so much rhetoric spinning around the word (name) SUNDAY that, unless you’re a devout church-goer, it can be quite confusing, especially to young seekers of truth. In my mind, The Sun’s Day makes the most sense because it lays a foundation for the “Suspension of disbelief!” And not because I want to find enjoyment in believing in the unbelievable, but because you almost have to. I mean, so much time has passed since we really had a true appreciation for the Sun that we have forgotten what amazing ritualistic faith there must have been for the sun when humanity was first taking it’s initial “Baby Steps.” The, very simple, fact that the sun brought light into our reality each day must have seemed a “Daily” miracle. And I can certainly see why men may have worshipped the bringing of light into their world darkness. Certainly worthy of praise, to say the least. Some one or something had to be attributed the power of bringing the sun. We had to have a way to give thanks for this every day miracle. Personally, I believe God created the heaven’s and the universe, It is so clear to me now, that I would die for this belief. It is within this belief that love, beauty, joy, happiness, friendship and pleasure can all be found. Why anyone would believe otherwise, is beyond me. But then again, so are most things. Most of you know that I don’t really post much on Sunday’s but I wanted to make it clear for my friends and family. Sunday, is the one day of the week that I truly feel closest to them all……….for it is a day of reflection, and not for work. It has been this way for me since I was a child. I didn’t understand then WHY it was a day of rest, but I do now. And it’s never too late to say thank you, or I Love you. Today, is Sunday, and I would like to say thank you to all of you whom I love and care so much about that I have often forgotten to remind you of it. Please know that my relationship with God has brought forth such a warm and wonderful appreciation of who my friends and family are, that I will never be able to convey to you just how much I LOVE you, until we join together in his bliss, I know that now, and I am grateful!………….I am Dartanion2………and that’s the way I see it…………cheers………..t xx
“SUNDAY” and the suspension of disbelief……
31 Sunday Aug 2014
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Bless you Tony would it excite you to know that Son day is every day when we rest in Him and His love and allow Him to guide us in all things?
Much love to you my precious friend!
Hi Lynn,…….so happy you made it here……..hope you had a chance to check out one of the other 101 posts here…….this one is not very representative of what goes on here……….nonetheless, I am thrilled you made it and commented so well, wisdom for us all to heed………..love it lyn!!……….thanx again sweet soul………your friend…….T xx
Hi Lynn,
How are you sweety, it`s so nice to see you on here. Tony`s blog is a lot of fun honey so I hope you stay with us to enjoy it.
Love G xx
Hey Tony I enjoyed this write very much. It does hit home with me in a few areas thought. From a religious perspective I do celebrate a sabbath (rest day) but on Saturday, the seventh day of the week. Like you see Sunday as a day of reflection and appreciation I see Saturday as a day that was set aside by God for humanity to rest from work, appreciate Him as the creator and in fact acknowledge God as creator by obedience and observance of His true sabbath.
Not that I don`t `REST or appreciate God on all the other days. But when God sets a day aside for a purpose like he did the seventh day of the the in Genesis, then we can bank on the fact that the day is holy and important. You`re right about the idea of resting from sin as well T. Sin ultimatly does wear us down physically and morally, and should be avoided on all days.
I also must commend you for calling Sunday the first day of the week. In many calenders now, Monday is the first day of the week and Sunday is the seventh day of the week. Now I`m only speaking from a biblical perspective when it comes to REST days or day of rest. If a person out of tradition has taken on their own day to enjoy, remember and like you said suspend disbelief then that is a beautiful thing, but in these times tradition and biblical truth seem to want to form an (unholy) alliance. But I enjoy a Saturday (seventhday of the week) sabbath based on biblical teachings and not on personal traditions.
Most religions do practice Sunday celebration and keeping of a Sunday sabbath. Many stores are closed or have limited hours of operation, and so called BLUE LAWS are still very much in effect in many areas. Sunday is almost univerally seen as the day of worship, a rest day, a day of celebration…a family day…a day to go to church. For most of the world it is VERY much linked with religion, and it has become a religious day. You may be different in how you view the day, but the reality of the matter is the WORLD sees it as a religious day. The old saying goes that if it smells like a dock walks like a duck…it`s a duck. Sunday or the observance of Sunday has undeniable religious links.
What I scratch my head over often though is where in the bible does it ever point to Sunday as a day of rest, or a church day or even a day of worship. Sunday is and was and always will be what you called it Tony, the first day of the week.
Christ did rise from the grave on a Sunday. The bible says this and most religions believe this and know about Christ from reading the bible. I can`t think of any other place or book where this specific information is garnered. So if we believe in Christ and the sabbath and morality then more than likely we have gained the information from the bible, it is safe to assume. Then if the bible is to be a book of instruction, and many other things…we must obey it for what it is and read the instructions…and we know that the bible says that the seventh day of the week was set aside, blessed and that God himself instructed us to keep it as a rest day.
If I`m building as bookshelf or a car or anything, and I`m given a book of instructions on how to build it, but if I decide suddenly that certain steps should be ignored or added, then the bookshelf or the car– I suspect will be compromised….not to much of a stretch to say that…unless we suddenly believe that we have more insight than the book of instructions…then fair enough if we build 3 wheel cars and unsafe bookshelfs.
Tony I respect your beliefs and traditions, please don`t get me wrong. I was edified and encouraged to read your views and practices on Sunday. But you did reference Isiah and Christianity, and the bible is the book of choice for most of Christianity; I would hope. The bible begs us to prove it and question it, but never instructs us to go outside of it.
Personally I really enjoy Sunday too…I`m a devoit NFLer, lol… and yes it can be a bit of a religion in its own way…right or wrong. But I try to render the things that are of Ceasar and the things that are of God. My religion is Seventhday Adventist and the Saturday sabbath is one of the fundimental beliefs of the church…but trust me when I say that I would turn my back on any religion (including my own) if it could not prove from the bible its own theology or practices, and I hope all people are like that, because the times we live in are perilous times, and these things are VERY important indeed.
This is a fascinating subject Tony, and thank you so very much for writing on it…in this case our beliefs may have clased (not sure) but I love conversations of this nature, thank you my friend.
Hey C!! (so glad to see you back on here brother) I’ve missed your challenging thoughts and insights around here Chris. NO!! I don’t think our beliefs or ideologies CLASH in any way. It is so impressive to see a mind such as yours express itself in words. My intent here was to shed some light on the fact that before man had books or even speech for that matter, that the SUN was a magical thing, a daily miracle that they learned they could rely on. And so, eventually, it became a thing to worship and give praise to. My thinking is that the SUN, in Sunday, is a universal truth. And it is not a surprise that it would show up as a “holy” or “day of rest” in religions or biblical texts the world over. It is such a profound occurrence that today we take for granted, was my intention when I began the write……..I love that the conversation went in the religious beliefs and sentiments of the day itself because it brings about so many interesting conversations!…Cherie is on her way home from Bible study as I write this. I will direct her here because I am POSITIVE that when she reads your comment she will a LOT to say……..Chris you are such a gifted writer……your stream of consciousness in this comment is IMPRESSIVE my friend……..I hope you never go away…..and I truly hope we have the chance to meet one day…….I am sure my friend Jeremy would love it as well. We’ve been discussing the idea of getting a few of us together with the idea of challenging one another to write beyond ourselves or in tandem with one another….not like it hasn’t been done before…….but it sure would be fun!!!…….awesome mamma jamma………love to you brother……..ttyl……T
Wow! I am so glad that Chris brought this up. I too believe that Saturday is the holy day that God wants us to celebrate as the Sabbath day…(one of His ten commandments). God says to remember the day, and it was always Saturday for the Jewish believers, and it was changed to Sunday by Roman Emperor Constantine in the 4th Century to align with the pagan traditions of Sunday …gods like Ra and sun gods. I do believe this goes against God’s instructions of following his holy days. Of course I do not believe any Christian is willfully disobeying God, and with sincerity try to honor having a day of rest…but since it is so important to God that we follow His designed ways, I am currently trying to find a church (like 7th Day Adventists) that honors this. The sun is our source of life and reminds us of God’s bright light, a holiness that we cannot observe face to face until Christ’s return. But the problem with the sun being so awe-inspiring and a source of life, was that it was worshiped and in some religions still is. …like a god. Traditions of the church today mess up God’s intended will to bring people together in love and unification. Man’s ideas have replaced truth of God’s words. I do not mean to preach, sorry. I simply want to state that God is awesome and rightfully deserves to be worshiped in truth.
I hope Chris reads my comment because I just want to say, “you got it right, my friend!” My respect. Love, Cherie
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Hi guys…….wanna say thanx to NEW ZEALAND who yesterday put up a lot of numbers on my blog…..thanx for that guys………..Today is Sunday and you all know that I don’t do a lot on Sunday’s but I did do a short post in August that got some good feedback………The “Sun’s” day originally………..thanx to BRAZIL, UK, and South Africa………also US put up over 500 views in the last couple weeks………..thanx everyone and if you’re heading to church today……….God Bless…………..smiles…………..T