4th commandment







Counter-apologetics

 * The Jewish Sabbath is on Saturday, the last day of the week. The day was moved by Emperor Constantine to the first day of the week. This is problematic due to the reasoning that the seventh day is representative of the days in the Genesis story when God rested after making the world. The story didn't involve a creator God resting one day then working six. Changing the day of the week might qualify as not remembering the sabbath day or keeping it holy.
 * The Sabbathists and Seventh Day Adventists celebrate the sabbath on Saturday.
 * Robert Ingersoll in 'About the Holy Bible' noted, "To pick up sticks on Sunday, to murder your father on Monday, were equal crimes."
 * The emergency services have to work on the Sabbath day.

In United States law

 * The 4th commandment is not a part of U.S. law or custom. No federal laws are in place to prevent a person from doing any activity on Sunday that they could legally do on any other of the 6 days in the week. There was a time when Blue Laws prevented many things, but most have since been repealed (although a few state or local laws may still limit things like the purchase of alcoholic beverages on Sunday). According to the biblical application of this law (as we saw in Numbers 15), millions of Americans deserve capital punishment.