RE: [TruthTalk] Only 9 of the 10 commandments?

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Laura,   Of course it is slanted; it was written with great contempt by the Catholic church, poking insults at Protestants. Why? Because the very folks who left the CC to cling to “scripture only” have never lived by “scripture only” when it comes to obeying the Sabbath commandment. The reason all of Christendom worships on Sunday is simply because the CC decided, a century later, that it should be on Sunday—the CC that believes Tradition overrules Scripture. The article goes thru every mention of worship in the NT to point out that in each and every instance it shows that the early Believers honored the Sabbath. It refers to “that pious fraud, the Bible Sabbath.”   If Michael D. would read this article he would notice that Acts 2:46 states, “And they, continuing daily in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house…”, explains why they were “breaking bread” on the first day of the week. They did it every day! It also points out that at no time was Sunday referred to as the Lord’s Day or the Sabbath—it was only called “the first day of the week”.   So again I say, you should not criticize and insult Believers who differ with you on this (ie: “you need counseling”), as this is a very unloving way to treat your brethren in Christ. Did we not agree that there is room for disagreement on this? Sabbath Keepers have scripture on their side. Sunday Keepers have what doctrine that they have inferred from scripture. (There is no scripture stating that “God has decided you should no longer honor the Sabbath”.) You Sunday folks are the ones doing all the “pig squealing” that Glenn talked about; as in character attacks upon those who don’t agree with you. So can we just agree to disagree, and move on please?   Izzy   Here are some quotes from “Rome’s Challenge: Why Do Protestants Keep Sunday?”:               “The Protestants claim to stand upon the written word only. They profess to hold the Scripture alone as the standard of faith. They justify their revolt by the pleas that the Church has apostatized from the written word and follows tradition. Now the Protestants claim that they stand upon the written word only is not true. Their profession of holding the Scripture alone as the standard of faith, is false. PROFF: The written word explicitly enjoins the observance of the seventh day as the Sabbath. They do not observe the seventh day, but reject it. If they do truly hold the scripture alone as their standard, they would be observing the seventh day as is enjoined in the Scripture throughout. Yet they …have adopted and do practice the observance of Sunday, for which the you have only the tradition of the Church. Consequently the claim of Scripture alone as the standard fails; and the doctrine of Scripture and Tradition as essential, is fully established, the Protestants themselves being judges.”               “Will (Protestants) stand consistently upon the Protestant profession? Or will they still continue to occupy the indefensible, self-contradictory, and suicidal position of professing to be Protestants, yet standing on Catholic ground, receiving Catholic insult, and bearing Catholic condemnation? Will they indeed take the written word only, the Scripture alone, as their sole authority and their sole standard? Or will the still hold the indefensible, self-contradictory, and suicidal doctrine and practice of following the authority of the CC and of wearing the sign of her authority? Will they keep the Sabbath of the Lord, the seventh day, according to Scripture? Or will they keep the Sunday according to the tradition of the Catholic Church? Dear reader, which will you do?”         -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 10:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Only 9 of the 10 commandments?   Yes  I read the article.   I found it to be quite slanted.  Laura