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Fawke Em

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20. That passage is not even about working, for Pete's sake.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 01:32 PM

Jan 2012

That passage is about honoring the Sabbath (the seventh day) and keeping it Holy.

What the passage is saying is that you can work all you want Monday through Saturday (or Sunday through Friday - Jews - or Saturday through Thursday - Muslims) - if you want to work - but on the Holy Day, you MUST rest and you MUST honor your God.

That guy is a doofus. I can't believe he's a so-called religious leader.

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