Andres
Puritan Board Doctor
Is the following analogy correct or is it reaching too far?
When we go out to eat on the Lord's Day, we are causing others to sin because we are causing them to work unnecessarily. This is akin to hiring a hit-man to carry out a murder. While you may not be sinning directly, you are still playing a role in causing someone else to sin and therefore you are guilty as well.
I am trying to think along the lines of people who would argue that employees at restaurants "are going to work anyway so it doesn't make a difference if I eat there or not."
When we go out to eat on the Lord's Day, we are causing others to sin because we are causing them to work unnecessarily. This is akin to hiring a hit-man to carry out a murder. While you may not be sinning directly, you are still playing a role in causing someone else to sin and therefore you are guilty as well.
I am trying to think along the lines of people who would argue that employees at restaurants "are going to work anyway so it doesn't make a difference if I eat there or not."