Has Sunday Really Become Saturday #2 In This Country?

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June 12, 2022, 02:54 PM

berto

Has Sunday Really Become Saturday #2 In This Country?

I played little league about 40 years ago and we played Saturday and Sunday. The Sunday games started at 1:00. Sunday means something deeper for you. For a lot of us it’s just another day.

June 12, 2022, 03:15 PM

PASig

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Originally posted by berto:
I played little league about 40 years ago and we played Saturday and Sunday. The Sunday games started at 1:00. Sunday means something deeper for you. For a lot of us it’s just another day.

If the games are then, it’s fine

We just can’t be doing 10 AM games on Sunday like we did this past season on Saturdays because we are at church at that time.

June 12, 2022, 03:52 PM

ElToro

Where I live in Florida, about 25-30 miles from the Alabama border. There are little to none mom and pop shops open on Sunday. The big box stores and national chains are open and that’s about it. We go to church and then usually get breakfast/lunch then do housework/relax on Sunday.

June 12, 2022, 03:56 PM

Rey HRH

It's a good exercise of strengthening your commitment to your spiritual life.

You could either refuse to play on Sunday or go to another time/day to go to church.

I think they even made a movie out of this: Chariots of Fire.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

June 12, 2022, 03:58 PM

Patriot

For me, the Lord would be happy with me spending time with my family, coaching my children, being “present” in their lives for a few months on Sundays. Showing my son love as a Father like He shows love for you.

Church is great, but other lessons and time well spent makes the Lord happy as well.

Either way he will smile on you.

Just my 0.02

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June 12, 2022, 04:49 PM

P220 Smudge

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:
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Originally posted by egregore:
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Seems to me that the Lord’s Day has become Saturday #2 for a lot of people.

It is for me. Not everybody goes to church.

Us too. We don't practice organized religion.

Same. My wife really still wants to be Catholic, but I’m not having any.

June 12, 2022, 04:59 PM

oldbill123

Most churches growing seem to be immigrant based. Established churches are being converted to Spanish language/Burmese or Vietnamese.

June 12, 2022, 05:32 PM

oddball

I think it depends where one lives.

In my area, there is a noticeable lack of street traffic and folks out and about, especially in the mornings. Some stores are closed, many others open. I treat Sundays as a rest day, no power tools, lawn mowers, etc. and a lot of other folks follow this as well. I never see gardeners and landscapers working the yards on Sundays. But I do see a decent amount of people eating in restaurants on Sunday evenings.

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June 12, 2022, 06:30 PM

Schmelby

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Originally posted by bionic218:
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Forced to go to Sunday school and church for eighteen years.

Same here. And after my eighteenth birthday, outside of the rare wedding or funeral, I haven't been back since.

I turned 49 this year.

Same here. Sunday school and service in the morning, back on Sunday evening for another service.
Then they started Wednesday evening service. As a teenager was forced to go to vacation bible school
for a week every summer while my friends were out having fun. Haven't been back in over forty years.

They have opened a couple mega churches near me, I think they are called non-denomanational.
I've thought about going one Sunday morning to see what it's like.

June 12, 2022, 08:46 PM

Wolfpacker

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Originally posted by PASig:

Do people not go to church anymore on Sundays? We do and are not willing give up going to church for 3-4 months for baseball.

Seems to me that the Lord’s Day has become Saturday #2 for a lot of people.

Amen! I think there is as much lawn mowing on Sunday any more as any day of the week.

June 12, 2022, 09:40 PM

flashguy

Well, I go to church every Sunday morning unless there is a good reason to miss (illness, out of town--and even then I try to attend church somewhere)(. I also go to Choir practice every Wednesday evening.

It doesn't bother me that many businesses are open on Sunday (I do remember Blue Laws), because those are decisions others are making. I am not in charge of their lives. I can set an example, though.

flashguy

June 12, 2022, 11:06 PM

wolfe 21

I average a 60 hour week at work and often have 12 or 16 hour days thrown in by some less conciderate co-workers. If it comes down to my only day to do yard work or work on my vehicle being a sunday, then I hope my neighbors can understand. I was not raised in a religious household, so the "Lord's day" doesn't mean much to me other than a possibility of sleeping in.

June 13, 2022, 09:42 AM

jhe888

Then don't join that league.

Clearly a lot of people like having games on Sunday. I'll leave it to you to think about whether that signals the decline of Western civilization.