When I first got to Indonesia, I met an English speaking Indonesian girl who had lived in the US. She invited me to an SDA English Friday might meeting, maybe 'vespers' or something like that I hadn't heard of. I'm not SDA, but I visited.
She turned on a light and made a comment indicating she felt guilty about it.
My understanding is that Orthodox Jews are not supposed to crank cars or turn on lights on the Sabbath because igniting a spark is considered a form of lighting a fire. Turning on the light or cranking a cumbustion engine both involve lighting a spark.
The New Testament also describes the distance between two specific locations, which I read was about a half a mile, as a 'sabbath day's journey'.
How many SDAs do not crank cars or turn on light switches and electronic devices on the Sabbath? Do any of them make sure not to travel more than half a mile? If they get up and crank the car and drive up the road a mile to the SDA church, isn't that violating OT teachings on the Sabbath for Israel?
I'd expect Christian sabbath keepers either to have a meeting hall or meet in a home with other adherents living near by so they could walk a short distance.
She turned on a light and made a comment indicating she felt guilty about it.
My understanding is that Orthodox Jews are not supposed to crank cars or turn on lights on the Sabbath because igniting a spark is considered a form of lighting a fire. Turning on the light or cranking a cumbustion engine both involve lighting a spark.
The New Testament also describes the distance between two specific locations, which I read was about a half a mile, as a 'sabbath day's journey'.
How many SDAs do not crank cars or turn on light switches and electronic devices on the Sabbath? Do any of them make sure not to travel more than half a mile? If they get up and crank the car and drive up the road a mile to the SDA church, isn't that violating OT teachings on the Sabbath for Israel?
I'd expect Christian sabbath keepers either to have a meeting hall or meet in a home with other adherents living near by so they could walk a short distance.