Hi Peter & others,

Can you tell me what types of activities should be performed on a day of rest (apart from church)??, are their restrictions for instance no correspondence , no house work, no paid work etc.
regards
eagle1

eagle1
I think your question really depends on your own personal stance.
My mum is a fundy Sevy and she doesn't do anything other than what is necessary on 'sabbath' (Saturday). this excludes cooking washing dishes, driving to church etc.

As a Lazy Secular Humanist I treat Sunday as a normal day i.e.I do what I normally do.... which is nothing , so I have a bob each way, so to speak.
But I do honour Black Sabbath especially 'smoke on the water' does that count? ;-)

I would cast your net in wider directions.
But if it is any use to you the only single reason I do not want Sundays to stop being your rest day is so I can continue to enjoy it as a shopping day.
As football day, as the one day most pain in the neck fanatics do not knock on the door trying to sell fables to me.
OH unless its a full moon I dance nude on the veranda if it is, frightens the neighbors chooks but can not resist.

I grew up in a family where Sunday was observed as a day of rest. Mum and Dad worked hard six days a week but on Sunday they did very little apart from church in the morning. Us kids were expected to occupy ourselves quietly. Ball games were forbidden and to this day I can still remember that inexplicable urge of wanting to play with a ball on a Sunday.

Sunday now is just another day, though I do prefer if I can to make it a relaxing day, especially the afternoon. If I'm working full-time I often find myself shopping on a Sunday, though much prefer it when I don't have to.

I'm not into making Sundays holy days, but I do like the idea of Sundays being relaxing family-focused days. This was much more likely to be the case before the days of Sunday shopping. I'd like to see shops closed on Sundays. It would give us one day that was special and different and would I think strengthen family and community life.

When I was growing up - Sundays usually meant
Church in the morning followed by a huge family
lunch at home. It was a day that the family
got together. However, in summer, this routine
often changed - with an early trip to the beach -
Sydney's - Manly - and a packed picnic lunch -
then coming home mid-afternoon - sunburnt but
very happy.

Ah memories ...

Today, Sunday is still a day which is spent relaxing -
with family - over a leisurely lunch, going to see
a film, or an afternoon spent at art galleries,
museums, botanical gardens, or parks. If it's
raining - it may simply mean getting a DVD from
our local video outlet - and watching it after
lunch. Relaxation is the key to this day -
but spent with family.

At the moment I've got a roast in the oven - so
must run.

Enjoy your day.

I remember the old saying, No rest for the wicked. As a young fellow I grew up on a dairy farm, and those wicked cows refused to observe the sabbath. No matter how we tried to train them they still made milk seven days a week.

It is nice to be able to take a day off, and relax. Going to church is both a social event and a learning experience. The real benefit of regular church attendance is the gradual increase in an understanding of the engineering system for good government that Christianity represents. Almighty God after all was the original civil engineer. This system is causing a great deal of consternation in the competition churches run by the States and Commonwealth operating from Monday to Friday.

With competition Rules Manuals to the Holy Bible, now written by each of the nine competing State Churches erected by the eight States and Territories, and two written by the Commonwealth Churches, as if we don’t have a Constitution, or a Queen, and no Almighty God anywhere in sight except their own often misguided and gang run Parliaments.

From some of the antics reported to me from the Supreme Court in Queensland, the Federal Court in Brisbane, and in the Registry of the High Court in Canberra, the legal professionals who run these institutions are suffering from advanced schizophrenia.

To really put a cat among these pigeons, we should hope for a non political Commissioner in the Australian Federal Police now Keelty has decided to leave for greener pastures. The Australian Federal Police can issue Court Attendance Notices on these freaked out and very frightened individuals, and they must then come to a Local Court to be indicted. Fair is fair. They have been inflicting serious violence upon all and sundry for about 20 years in Queensland, and about forty years in the High Court so why is it their time has not yet arrived.

Regular Church attendance, and a bit of humility should see these proponents of the alternative religion to Christianity, repent in which case they should be forgiven

It's funny how all these rules regarding the 'afterlife' are created by people who are still alive.

Be the best person you can be. If that isn't good enough to get your 'ticket punched' then you never had a chance no matter what you did.

it is important to keep the sabbath holy[wholy]...mainly so the boss dont work their slaves to death...7 days a week WORK..is indefenS-ABLE..that being said the sabbath starts the night before[and ends as night falls]

the isue with the cows...just means the cows get milked late saterday..afternoon..till sunday arvo...naturally the calves would be let in with their mothers...but things are out of wack..its all done gone to hell...so we do as we chose..[or rather as our master choses]

its interesting to note the media are by and large saturday sabbath types...underneath the laws is a certain logic and fairness...like the land sabbath...returning to its owners..ater 49 years...funny how that never happend...violate one law violates them all

anyhow no one is perfect..[but one;...god]...dont everyone deserve a day off on saterday and sunday...before we went 24/7...let war at least be in abayance two days per week

For another slant on this subject,
I have worked shift-work all my working life,
as have nurses, doctors, paramedics,other health-care workers and hospital staff, chefs, police, media staff
and thousands of other people who have to work Sundays.

And guess what? The sky hasn't fallen in and we all haven't been damned to hell by anyone (yet)! I'm sure most of us manage to spend time with our families and get the shopping done and pray to our Gods etc.

Amazingly, there are also plenty of God-fearing people, who demand we all rest on the day of the Sabbath, who are willing to access the services of any of the above on the Sabbath if it suits their needs.

A bit hypocritical then to call it a day of rest for ALL people, and then quite happily use the services of those who have no choice but to work on the 'Holy Day' for the good of the community wouldn't you say?

Common sense doesn't enter into the thoughts of a few here suze. According to their rules (and I'm Christian) you're basically screwed no matter what you do. If God IS THAT anal over the rules and regulations then we should probably accept the fact he's playing games.

If you were the equivalent to Mother Theresa in public health but you did it on Sunday and that will DOOM ya?....puh-lease. I'd suggest God will be more concerned about WHAT you do, not when you do it.

it must be noted that we have many different holy days..and sabbath days...some begin sabbath on friday night

others sat morning
others sunday morning
..

[yet others on monday...notably the rainbow people...
calling it lazy mon-day]

but regardless
a full day and nights rest..per working week is a base minimum

many take their sabbath as holy

from monday morning is work...till friday aternoon...
then the weekend is myne..ITS SACROCANT

in truth life should be more about you...
so two days leasure for you..should become.... 3 days work

StG.
Wise words indeed. I would further add that "what you do" is is key in the secular world too....AMEN

Can women have Sunday as a day of rest too especially those with young kids?

However, I agree with suzeonline there are shift workers and hospital and emergency service workers who have no idea what a "day of rest is". When they are not working, catching up on deprived sleep, they are cleaning their abodes, unless of course they can afford a cleaner and I don't believe on the wages paid in those professions that they would afford a cleaner if they have family to bring up and house payments.

Actually most pain in the neck fanatics do call on Sundays because their so called "day of rest" is Saturday. Gee... guys do love Sunday do f.... all around the house day and watch footy.
As for going to church or something, when did that happen, back when there was no TV? come on pleassse... religions are dying. Not quickly enough for me.