"I see no other Biblically supported response to the issue of hunting on
a Sunday, neither commanding nor forbidding. God’s commandment to rest (even for beasts
of labor) is widely
understood as protection from being forced to work on a day set aside
for rest, which further confuses the issue as many describe hunting as recreation not work."
Writes - The Rev. Dr. Nathan Corl Minnich, STS
Excerpts:
"Defining Sabbath is nearly impossible if it is intended to apply to all people, and in this particular case, all Pennsylvanians.
For the state, any attempt at defining such a day would violate the separation that must exist for
people’s religion and their government in this country."
"...there are legislators arguing that the state must protect Sunday as a Sabbath day, on the issue of hunting. I fear they neither understand
the history, meaning, nor significance of Sabbath, and have completely failed to recognize that
it is not within the boundaries granted them by their public office to define such a term.
If this is the primary reason for restricting hunting activities, then those holding legislative
office must seek to protect the Sabbath of all Pennsylvanians per their various definitions; a futile
task at best."
"The basis of this argument is distressing to me and begs for more questions
which, in my humble
opinion, will further erode the false foundations upon which the
legislator’s opinions are formed.
If this Commonwealth seeks to keep sacred a Sabbath day, why are they
not arguing against
Sunday sporting events which pull our children away from church
activities where their own faith
is being vitally formed? Can this argument be held to only one Sunday
activity in Pennsylvania?
How can any elected official seek to argue for one segment of his or
her constituency and not for
the faiths of all people by whose election they
serve?"
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