Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy...

[_jon]

The prophet Spencer W. Kimball counseled: “The Sabbath is a holy day in which to do worthy and holy things. Abstinence from work and recreation is important but insufficient. The Sabbath calls for constructive thoughts and acts, and if one merely lounges about doing nothing on the Sabbath, he is breaking it. To observe it, one will be on his knees in prayer, preparing lessons, studying the gospel, meditating, visiting the ill and distressed, sleeping, reading wholesome material, and attending all the meetings of that day to which he is expected. [Failure] to do these proper things is a transgression on the omission side.”

Does posting on here on a Sunday fly in the face of the counsel given by SWK?

If not, why not?

[_Polygamy-Porter]

He is long dead.

Most of what he said is now just personal opinion.

[_jon]

The prophet Spencer W. Kimball counseled: “The Sabbath is a holy day in which to do worthy and holy things. Abstinence from work and recreation is important but insufficient. The Sabbath calls for constructive thoughts and acts, and if one merely lounges about doing nothing on the Sabbath, he is breaking it. To observe it, one will be on his knees in prayer, preparing lessons, studying the gospel, meditating, visiting the ill and distressed, sleeping, reading wholesome material, and attending all the meetings of that day to which he is expected. [Failure] to do these proper things is a transgression on the omission side.”

Does posting on here on a Sunday fly in the face of the counsel given by SWK?

If not, why not?

He is long dead.

Most of what he said is now just personal opinion.

Ooops, can't use that wriggle room on this one as I lifted the quote this morning from LDS.org - as such, it is still an active principle.

[_zeezrom]

We went hiking yesterday and passed about 60 garment clad Mormons along the way, some of whom were wearing BYU shirts.

[_LDSToronto]

The prophet Spencer W. Kimball counseled: “The Sabbath is a holy day in which to do worthy and holy things. Abstinence from work and recreation is important but insufficient. The Sabbath calls for constructive thoughts and acts, and if one merely lounges about doing nothing on the Sabbath, he is breaking it. To observe it, one will be on his knees in prayer, preparing lessons, studying the gospel, meditating, visiting the ill and distressed, sleeping, reading wholesome material, and attending all the meetings of that day to which he is expected. [Failure] to do these proper things is a transgression on the omission side.”

Does posting on here on a Sunday fly in the face of the counsel given by SWK?

If not, why not?

How is sleeping different from "loung[ing] about doing nothing"?

H.

[_just me]

Well, the Sabbath is not on Sunday anyway. LOL

[_Some Schmo]

The prophet Spencer W. Kimball counseled: “The Sabbath is a holy day in which to do worthy and holy things. Abstinence from work and recreation is important but insufficient. The Sabbath calls for constructive thoughts and acts, and if one merely lounges about doing nothing on the Sabbath, he is breaking it. To observe it, one will be on his knees in prayer, preparing lessons, studying the gospel, meditating, visiting the ill and distressed, sleeping, reading wholesome material, and attending all the meetings of that day to which he is expected. [Failure] to do these proper things is a transgression on the omission side.”

If this is really how SWK spent 1/7th of his life, it's little wonder why his ideas were so f****d up.

[_Polygamy-Porter]

He is long dead.

Most of what he said is now just personal opinion.

Ooops, can't use that wriggle room on this one as I lifted the quote this morning from LDS.org - as such, it is still an active principle.

Well, then it is open to personal revelation. Especially if you are a professional athlete who works for the alcohol industry.

[_Buffalo]

The Christian Lord's Day doesn't bear much resemblance to the LDS Sabbath - the latter seems to come from old-fashioned protestant notions. I guess Joseph was too busy restoring the venerable ancient practice of polyandry to get to restoring early Christian understandings of the Lord's Day.