Christians Should Not Take Part In Sport Or Shopping On A Sunday(Do You Agree Or Disagree)

One: Jesus rose from the dead on this day.

Two: Sunday was the first Day of the week and the first day of creation.

Three:  Jesus sent down the Holy Spirit On The Pentecost.        

Sunday is also a day of celebration when Catholics come together to give praise to God and to thank God for what he has given all of them.

Sport nowadays has become big business for all involved. Among all the big names in sport no one objects to playing on Sundays because of all of the money involved. This is just a small list of all the sports that are being played on Sundays

Rugby

Golf

Cricket

Tennis

Soccer          

Although sport is played on money for reasons other the money many include because of TV rights and because of sponsors. Christians should not take part on sport on Sunday because sport is seen as work in the church’s eyes. Many values are expressed in sport such as sportsmanship, fairplay etc.  

Shopping is the second of the changing faces of Sunday is becoming the most popular one. Many family lifestyles revolve around the parents work and therefore many parents only get to see their children at the weekends. The weekend is often regarded as the days to get the shopping done and many rely on Sunday heavily. Since seven day shopping was legalised in 1977, many have taken advantage over the law. Teresa Murray head of the N. Ireland Region Of Shopping Centres said “Sunday Shopping has become like a leisure pursuit for families and has become an important trading day for people in business.” Business provides a service and depending on the demand it either succeeds or fails and on Sunday nowadays shopping has become a demand so in order to make money business open for the maximum hours allowed which is six. Many working families don’t have much time to spend so end up using Sunday to spend time with there children or getting tings that they could get during the week such as grocery shopping. All the added time spend on Sundays has increased the employment needed for Sundays. Bob Gourley head of N. Ireland Shop Worker’s Union said “they had been opposed to the Sunday trading laws and had in fact boycotted them for many years but however hard they try Sunday trading has become a reality. Our workers only work on Sunday where it is done by agreement”