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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
I respectfully disagree. It's a matter of definition. If I say, "I'm a bachelor" and you say, "No, you're not. You're married," I can't say, "Ah, that's just semantics". This is the same thing. The Sabbath is Saturday, the last day of the week because that's when God rested. That's the definition of "Sabbath". You can't just say it's Sunday because that's when Christians go to church.
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You're making a theological distinction that I happen to agree with. However, if you asked which day is the Sabbath, many (I'd venture to say most) Christians would answer "Sunday." Christmas is only 12-25 because that's when most people celebrate. If we wanted to change it to 10-31 and got people to sign on, we absolutely would call it that.
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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
No, they don't. They observe the Lord's Day on Sunday to commemorate Jesus' resurrection.
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Again, you're making a theological distinction I happen to agree with. However, as it pertains to popular usage....
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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
You can't open presents on October 31st and call it Christmas. You can open presents on October 31st, sure. But that doesn't make it Christmas. And you can rest on Sunday. But that doesn't make it the Sabbath.
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True enough, but it doesn't mean these folks aren't observing the Sabbath that way. How often have you opened Christmas presents on 12-24? My family has gotten together the first week of January on occasion to celebrate Christmas (to include opening presents).
There are, most years, two official Easter Sundays. Which one is correct? Do we really know which day of the week God rested? No, of course not.