I believe it has more to do with the Jewish laws regarding the Sabbat...you are not allowed to do a lot of things on the Sabbat...drinking alcohol, driving, working, etc...
-----Original Message----- From: zaphod [mailto:zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:11 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Dr. Ben Carson's National Prayer Breakfast Speech On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > " I don't remember anything in the bible saying you couldn't buy beer > on Sunday? " > > Sure. But why is Sunday special? Exactly, why is sunday special..My guess that whomever made this law thought it was special. Why is beer special? Why is only the act of purchasing beer special? Is drinking beer before noon on Sunday not special? Why is Saturday not special? > > "Beyond the mention of Sunday, what is the relation?" > > You tell me. You seem to be indicating that it has nothing to do with > religion. I think it's somebody's interpretation of their religion. I didn't say the laws have nothing to do with religions. We were originally talking about how the law system is (or is not) based on the 10 commandments. I still see no relation for this law to the 10 commandments. > > > "If we really passed laws based on judeo christian values, we'd look a > lot more like a socialist country." > > Not necessarily. > > The Bible does say you should take care of the poor. It does not say > that you should make them equal to those who have plenty. Unlike some political > parties, it does not delve into class warfare. Back to Proverbs, there > are plenty that say that the lazy will go hungry. > This goes back to one of my original assertions that you can find support for any position you take in the bible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360996 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
