Uniting Church And State By The “Great Lie”
Monday, June 30th, 2008Today’s blog covers the same subject as yesterday’s podcast because I believe it is a very important topic, and many visitors to websites do not listen to audio. Therefore, I’m repeating it in written form. There will, however, also be a new podcast posted later this evening, and you will want to hear it. But, now for the blog:
One of the most effective and longest lasting lies in the history of mankind is housed within the doctrines of the Christian Church. This lie has been cherished and supported by the vast majority of Christian leaders for centuries. The most famous and respected Christian preachers and teachers in today’s contemporary Church also embrace and espouse this great lie. And, great efforts have been made in recent church history to maintain the cover-up of this cherished lie. The Christian Church in America has even united with secular state, county and city governments throughout America’s history to legally enforce this lie.
What is this great lie and cover-up? It is the Christian Church’s revered tradition of Sunday observance and worship. This tradition goes back at least 1700 years. It is, therefore, a nearly 2000-year-old lie and cover-up.
Why is it a lie? What is the cover-up? And, how has the Church combined with secular government to legally enforce it? We’ll answer the last question first.
Throughout much of the history of America the Christian Church has united with secular government to enact and enforce “Sunday laws”, also sometimes referred to as blue laws. Even to this day there are counties and cities across America that still have these Sunday laws in effect requiring certain businesses to remain closed on the first day of the week, Sunday. Why Sunday? Because Sunday has been the Christian Church’s day of worship. And, the Church united with the state to legally recognize and enforce their “special day”.
I will write more about this in a moment, and the great significance and threat it poses for our nation in the midst of our current cultural battle in America between the religious right wing and our secular society. But, first we need to answer the other two questions. Why is Sunday observance and worship a lie? And, what is the cover-up?
Most non-Christian Americans probably assume that Sunday-keeping has its origin in the Bible via some specific commandments from God. That would be a reasonable and logical assumption to make based on the Church’s exaltation of the first day of the week, Sunday. Also, they probably have heard Christian preachers refer to Sunday as the Sabbath because this is commonly done. Moreover, Sunday observance is presented as being a biblical obligation by many preachers.
So, what’s the lie? The Bible does not either command or encourage Sunday observance or worship. There is not one single passage in the entire Bible that commands people to honor or worship on Sunday. In fact, there is not a single passage where God ever blesses the first day of the week, Sunday, period. Moreover, the Bible clearly states that God’s Sabbath is on the seventh day of the week, Saturday, and that He did bless and sanctify the seventh day, but not Sunday. So, all of these statements by Christian preachers are absolute, unarguable lies!
What is the cover-up? Christian preachers have gone farther into dishonesty in order to cover-up their great lie that Sunday is the Sabbath, by deceptively saying that Sunday is the “Lord’s Day”, and that it needs to be kept to honor Jesus’ resurrection. What’s the deception here? Once again, there’s not one single passage in the entire Bible that says Christians are to observe the first day of the week, Sunday, in order to honor Jesus’ resurrection. And, Jesus Himself stated that the “Lord’s Day” is the seventh day, Saturday, not Sunday.
We obviously have a real dishonesty problem with most Christian leaders, which should serve as a warning to all Americans. I conclusively prove their dishonesty beyond the shadow of a doubt in my podcast titled, “The Bible Truth About Sunday”, which will be posted in a couple of days.
I ask you to consider the Church’s usage of government Sunday laws to force compliance with their religious dogma in the past. If they’ve united with the state before in order to enforce compliance with religious beliefs, it is likely that they will do so again if given the opportunity. Remember, they succeeded in enforcing a religious dogma that is not even supported in the Bible.
Now think about it. If they’ve messed with the Bible, which they claim to love and revere, will they not also mess with our Constitution if given the chance? America beware! The Christian Church, primarily the right wing Evangelical movement, is once again expanding into politics with intentions to take over our government and to control its policies.
