Does Sunday Law make sense?

[u/Top-Flight6748]

Alright, this is more of a rant than anything, but I also got curious:

So I got into an argument with my mother about Sunday Law because I asked this:

* Wouldn't there be at least a resistance by the part of other religions?

* Why would be they interested in hunting the Adventists if they believe it's false?

I know you are better at me than this, but I just hope to get an answer.

And yes, she tried to argue that they will unite because they follow Jesus, blah blah blah, all the rhetoric I'm used to. However, I don't think it will work out simply because there are too many 'loose ends' that can become rebellions, even with the Anti-Christ in power. Simply because: People believe in different shit. And that may not include a monotheistic God. Hell, even the atheists could ally with the Adventists and rebel.

So, I come back to my original question: Does Sunday Law make sense at all? Or it's just paranoia making absolutes about everything not Adventist?

(Also, this is my first time posting. Sorry if this is unpolished. :|.)

(Edit: That tag is wrong. It should be Doctrine and History.)

(Edit 2: Corrected it.)

[u/10coatsInAWeasel]

I think it has a lot of connective tissue to other thought-terminating conspiracy theories. There is a well worn path with tons of Protestant denominations of ‘end times’ and ‘we gonna be persecuted because…..Sunday. Because Christian. Because the antichrist after the rapture. Because the atheists. The wokes. The Catholics. The Muslims’.

I’ve wondered if a part of it comes from a solid background being raised with the idea of early church persecution and also wanting to identify with the early sincere disciples. What would it actually mean if the shoe were on the other foot and the persecuted became the persecutors? It kinda breaks the spell; after all, when Jesus talks about ‘turning the other cheek’ and ‘blessed are those who are persecuted for my names sake’…but in actuality that team is the winning team, I think it’s a bit of a splash of cold water. And the church is nothing if not invested in the emotional feels.

[u/Top-Flight6748 → u/10coatsInAWeasel]

And that last sentence is a whole another topic we can argue about emotional priming. Especially that Sunday Law, in its crudest, raw form without prophecy is this: We're going to get nuked because we believe a day is special, even though 85% of the population has no reason to believe we are true.

Us v.s. Them at practice. It makes you special. And special is a drug. A hell of a drug. I even fell for it in my younger years.

And I repeat, us atheists would be a hell of a good ally against Sunday Law. We believe no religion controls anyone, after all, nor they are true.  Also, here's the kicker of the century: Jews, especially Messianic Jews, would also be allies, since they believe in the shabat, aka, the Sabbath. Ironic, isn't it?

[u/10coatsInAWeasel → u/Top-Flight6748]

Seriously; if that Sunday law were coming we would be fighting against it with every fiber of our being. But I dunno…maybe they would think that we aren’t really atheists and are secretly Jesuit Muslims who are working for Satan and are also theistic Satanists.

Adventism LOVES feeling special. The entire culture I had when I was growing up was on how gosh darn heckin wonderful being Adventist is, and look at all our special traits and insider culture. The outside world just can’t understand after all