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There is a religious group that been around since the 1800's that's made a specialty of only groveling to Biblegod on one certain day of the week: Saturday¹. In fact, they think that to the Lord God Almighty, this is just about THE most important issue in the whole universe. Anyway, me being the evil Atheist that I am, some questions came to my mind...

• IF an asteroid were to hit the earth and speed up its rotation to the point where each day would be equal to 60 seconds, would the Seventh Day Adventists who were able to hold on and not get slung into outer space be looking for a place to grovel every seven minutes??? "Oh damn! My timer went off again, out of my way!!! Gotta grovel!!!"

• The actual rotation of the earth slows down² every year. If the world was "created" 6,000 years ago, or 4 billion years ago, the length of days, and thus also the weeks, may have changed drastically from what it was originally. Given that, shouldn't Adventists be using whatever increment of time was valid WHEN these "days" were originally set up??? Maybe they should be groveling every 5.3417655 days, rather than every 7 days??? Have they thought about this???

• Eventually we will have colonies living on the moon. A full day cycle on the moon is equal to about 30 day cycles on the earth. Therefore, one week on the moon would be equal to about 210 days on the earth. Given that, would Adventists living on the moon be groveling according to MOON days (once about every seven earth months) or Earth days (about 4 times a month)???

• Some planets  in the Universe may not rotate at all- the same face is presented to the sun at all times, much like the moon does to Earth. Given a situation like that, the "Seventh Day Adventists" would be waiting forEVER for the "seventh" day to come round. Would Adventists refuse, for religious reasons, to ever live on such a planet? Would they live there, but use Earth's calendar? And how many generations would put up with this burden, before declaring independence from the "old world" way of things???

• What about Eskimo Adventists that live above the artic circle where one "day" lasts for about four months??? Do they only grovel on the SEVENTH of their days???

The problem with alot of religions, this one included, is that it was designed and built in a time when such questions were not a part of the world view. How could anyone expect a local desert deity from the Middle East to be knowledgeable about rotational cycles of planets they never even knew existed? Obviously, IF Biblegod really were "all knowing" this would have been anticipated, with the obvious conclusion being that Biblegod DID NOT anticipate this, therefore he's not what they claim for him: all-knowing.

1)    The beneficent Creator, after the six days of Creation, rested on the seventh day and instituted the Sabbath for all people as a memorial of Creation. The fourth commandment of God's unchangeable law requires the observance of this seventh-day Sabbath as the day of rest, worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful communion with God and one another. It is a symbol of our redemption in Christ, a sign of our sanctification, a token of our allegiance, and a foretaste of our eternal future in God's kingdom. The Sabbath is God's perpetual sign of His eternal covenant between Him and His people. Joyful observance of this holy time from evening to evening, sunset to sunset, is a celebration of God's creative and redemptive acts. (from their own website under "What We Believe",  http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/index.html)

2)    U.S. Naval Observatory,  http://maia.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html 

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