I've never held to that particular superstition. Not being a practicing Christian, and being retired, Sunday is just another day. If something needs doing, or I just feel like doing something, it gets done.

Today was a textbook example of the superstition tho.

Started out by grenading a gearbox on a mower. Went from merrily mowing and throwing grass everywhere to BANG! and smoking belts. Poop.

Okay, there's plenty of other things need doing. Did some of this and some of that and then went to change gear on the tractor and...hmmmmm...tractor is sitting funny. Odd, there didn't used to be a hole here...

Hopped out and looked and sure enough, ditch side rear tire is going flat and puking fluid all over the place. Kee-RAP!

Good news is that it appears to be a valve stem issue. I can't find a hole or any foreign objects sticking out of the tire.

Got it off and loaded in the truck (heavy sumbitch...) and I'll take it to my favorite tire guy tomorrow.

Right after I go to the dentist, get my new implant crown installed and make the last payment on that little investment.

Sigh...

I don’t work on Sunday, it’s the Sabbath. I do my best to not handle money (for work or personal say like paying bills) or do anything else work related. Phone is off, and a day of rest. I’ve got a job to go to tomorrow and every week is a ball busting dog eat dog scenario so need the rest to recoup so I can tackle another week of hard work.

If that were true then what about the priest/ minister who works on Sunday?

I do not hold any salt to realm of superstitions, though I do believe in signs. For example;

A week ago my son got married. During the ceremony a dragon fly landed on his brides dress. A few moments later a monarch butterfly landed on his shoulder then fly to her shoulder before leaving the area. I and her family (mostly the Japanese side of house) took note.

The Pharasees tried to trick Jesus about working on the Sabbath. (paraphrasing) Which of you would not pull a sheep out of a pit? He then passed a man with a crippled hand and told him to stretch out your arm. The man was healed. Jesus then said it is good to do good on the Sabbath. I read that somewhere in Matthew.

Some folks must work on Sunday's. Imagine doctors or 1st responders saying, oops it's Sunday, sorry. They are doing the good works Christ spoke of.

Myself, I try to make church every Sunday, trying to live by the 10 Commandments, Remember to keep holy the Lords Day. Sometimes I have to do chores on Sunday, & think back to what Jesus said. I feel no bad luck or shame.

Not at all. I am salaried and work 7 - 4 M - F but can work weekends if I want and get extra pay. Yesterday I worked 12 hours and today I worked 8. I don't like to work too many weekends because working 12 straight days sucks but getting the extra pay is very lucrative.

Nope.

My granny told me (in 1958) it was bad luck to be superstitious. Really.

Nope. Not even slightly. Been doing it my entire professional career without exception. Some jobs need doing, even on Sunday.

There’s a difference in any of the days of a week?

All of them are and or have been work days my entire life

Holidays? Just another work day

Try to take it easy on Sunday. But, shit happens.

Used to make some good arrests on Sundays serving warrants.

I'm self-employed, so I work on a farmer's schedule - when there's work to be done, it gets done.

Nope. However, I’ve learned the hard way not to start a critical project on Sunday. Mow the lawn or something that doesn’t affect important stuff, okay.

I try to avoid mowing or doing anything particularly noisy on Sundays. A little housework or quiet garage tidying doesn't stress me. If I have no choice but to mow on Sunday, I definitely won't do it until after "church hours."

I may "get some things done" on a Sunday, but I try to make it such that my doing so doesn't bother anyone else who wants a quiet, peaceful, and/or reverent Sunday.

Bad luck? Nah. Impolite? Maybe.

I work in the medical field that does not have the luxury to not work on the Sabbath. We are working 24 hours a day, seven days a week. So no, not bad luck but good luck for the injured and sick that need help on the Sabbath.

Nope. Spent probably 15 years working weekends part of the year. Although it's been many years since I did that. I still work an occasional Sat or Sun when needed but prefer my life over crazy work schedules these days. Nothing to do with bad luck or superstition though.

I suppose it all depends on your belief system.

I'm a Christian and an Elder in my church. Which doesn't explain why the Sabbath was moved from Saturday to Sunday. My pastor has said it's because we celebrate the arisen Christ, who returned from the dead on Sunday. But I've never seen scripture that says that's the case.

The Seventh Day Adventists and the Jews still honor the Sabbath on Saturday. I went to Israel on business a few years ago, and in a nod to non-Jews, ONE elevator in my hotel was operational. All others were shut down.

I don't know what the Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims or other religions observe.

For me, I try to honor the Fourth Commandment, which says, "Remember the Sabbath by keeping it holy." (NIV) Honor and holiness is in my heart, not in my public displays.

I do find it somewhat ironic that the one Commandment that starts with "Remember" is the first one we forget!

I don't believe in bad luck.
Some days just suck more than others.
I've yet to see anything that interacts with matter that doesn't leave some kind of tool mark.

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Originally posted by fpuhan:

I'm a Christian and an Elder in my church. Which doesn't explain why the Sabbath was moved from Saturday to Sunday. My pastor has said it's because we celebrate the arisen Christ, who returned from the dead on Sunday. But I've never seen scripture that says that's the case.

It's not the case. The Sabbath was never moved from Saturday to Sunday. Oh, there are some modern preachers who espouse that view, but it's certainly not biblical - it's traditional, that's all.

Historically, some church leaders in the Roman era moved worship from Saturday to Sunday to distinguish themselves more from the Jews, who were being persecuted. But 1st century Christians, who were mostly Jews, still observed the Saturday sabbath.

Another reason that the church in the couple of hundred years following the first century decided the worship on Sunday was a misunderstanding of the timeline of the Christ's crucifixtion. It is why we have a "Good Friday" and a "Resurrection Sunday," neither of which comport with the biblical timeline. It's understandable given that the early churches may not have had copies of all the Gospels - all of which are needed to understand the proper timeline. As it was, Christ was crucified on Wednesday morning and buried at the end of the day on Wednesday - around 6:00 pm, and was raised on either the very end of Saturday (the weekly Sabbath) at around 6:00 PM or at the beginning of Sunday sometime after 6:00 PM - exactly 3 days and 3 nights (or rather 3 nights and 3 days). Days were counted from 6pm to 6pm, not midnight to midnight. And there were 2 Sabbaths that week, one on Thursday and the weekly Sabbath on Saturday. If, for instance, you read only Matthew, you will get the traditional Friday to Sunday timeline. If you read the additional clues in Mark, Luke and John, you will get a proper timeline. And you get a great example of why all 4 Gospels are critical to the Bible. To understand it even better, there is a ceremony described in Leviticus that suggests why this timeline was necessary. When the real timeline becomes clear, the story of Christ's passion week is even more glorious.

The late bible teacher Ronald L Dart explains it in the best way I've yet read:
http://www.icogsfg.org/rld-ch07-po.html

If you'd rather listen to it, it was one of his radio broadcasts:
https://www.borntowin.net/audi...ys-and-three-nights/

Read it with an open mind, and AN OPEN BIBLE. You'll have an ah-ha moment.

I have never liked working Sundays (not common, but not unheard of, in my business), mainly because, as a tradesman on piece work, I don't make any money. But it isn't bad luck.

Yeah. There is a cool podcast called the Naked Bible. Basically nullifies any doctrinal spin and reads the Bible in the context of the Bible. He’s a linguist scholar and Christian Apologetic. We really don’t understand the nuance of the Bible by not understanding the Language and cultural context it was written in, and to who. (All the important stuff is clear though).