Thinking Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 While watching the NFL playoffs today, I saw an advertisement for VISA which explained that 10 Super Bowl tickets would be awarded to one lucky person - just for using a VISA card.Knowing that the Super Bowl is on a Sunday, what would you do if you won the tickets?
altersteve Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Probably sell 'em. (Not a football person.) Edited January 15, 2012 by altersteve
Storm Rider Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Invite the stake president and his wife and other friends and go see a great game. I have attended a few professional football games in the past and have enjoyed them. Life is to be enjoyed and there is a concept of moderation in all things that I value.
Scott Lloyd Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Probably sell 'em. I would too. Or donate them to charity. I wouldn't use them. Back in 2002 during the winter Olympic games in Salt Lake, employees at the newspaper where I work were randomly given tickets to specific events. I received tickets to the half-pipe snowboarding competition. It was scheduled on a Sunday. I gave the tickets away to somebody else at the paper. To me, the law of of the Sabbath is what it is, and by ignoring it, I can expect to miss the blessings that come from obedience, if not incur the displeasure of a just God. Edited January 15, 2012 by Scott Lloyd 2
LDSToronto Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Given the great variation in Sabbath day observance amongst the LDS, and given the fact that LDS leaders are slow to pin down exactly what is acceptable on the Sabbath, I'd say any LDS who wins tickets should not feel guilty about going to the Super Bowl.I'd go.H.
blackstrap Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Be careful and watch out for "wardrobe malfunctions"
bluebell Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Given the great variation in Sabbath day observance amongst the LDS, and given the fact that LDS leaders are slow to pin down exactly what is acceptable on the Sabbath, I'd say any LDS who wins tickets should not feel guilty about going to the Super Bowl.I'd go.H.Unless they personally believe that it was revealed to them that watching sports on Sunday is not keeping it.
LDSToronto Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Unless they personally believe that it was revealed to them that watching sports on Sunday is not keeping it.I'm suspicious of this because I've heard others say that watching sports with family on a Sunday *is* keeping the Sabbath day holy. I'm sure this topic came up last year or the year before on this board - some think that sports watching is fine, others, not fine. I don't understand how something as fundamental as Sabbath observance can vary from person to person.Hence, I say there is no problem doing what you will.H.
Deborah Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Some GA many years ago spoke about watching sports on Sunday. He said he used to until he became a GA and then his priorities changed and it wasn't that watching games on Sunday was in and of itself bad but that he other things that he had to do.I think what we do on the Sabbath has to do with where we are at in our spiritual growth and what out priorities are. Since I personally don't like sports it isn't an issue to me but my son and grandson like to watch games after church. I find nothing wrong with that as they are doing it together and have fulfilled their church obligations. Now going to the Super Bowl might be different but I think that is a decision every person has to make himself.
katherine the great Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 If the 49ers are playing, I'd go, otherwise I'd sell them.
19nazzy Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 If the 49ers are playing, I'd go, otherwise I'd sell them.Ditto that except substitute the Patriots.
bluebell Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 I'm suspicious of this because I've heard others say that watching sports with family on a Sunday *is* keeping the Sabbath day holy. I'm sure this topic came up last year or the year before on this board - some think that sports watching is fine, others, not fine. I don't understand how something as fundamental as Sabbath observance can vary from person to person.Hence, I say there is no problem doing what you will.H.For anyone who believes that there is a God and that He says somethings are right and somethings are wrong, there is a big problem with doing whatever you want. It implies that what a person wants is always right and what they don't want is always wrong.Hopefully we're mature enough in our spirituality to be able to see past what we want to what Heavenly Father wants and to recognize that one's not automatically the other.Also, whether or not other people get different answers has nothing to do with what we believe God is saying to us about personal choices. If we've already been told by God that we shouldn't watch sports on Sunday then regardless of what anyone else believes, that would seem to be a valid reason not to go.And I'm really not trying to argue that going to the super bowl is breaking the Sabbath or not. I'm just suggesting that there are reasons that an LDS member might feel guilty about going to the super bowl, regardless of whether or not any GA ever declared that it was wrong.
katherine the great Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Ditto that except substitute the Patriots.You mean the Cheatriots?
rameumptom Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Given that I live in Indianapolis, I'd sell them to the highest bidder and then take a vacation that weekend in a nice, warm, secluded place, far far away from the giant crowds, etc. Katherine, looks like the 49ers may just go this year, so perhaps I can sell them to you?
Duncan Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 it would be a miracle of miracles that I got super bowl tickets. But if I did I'd go, not following football really ,or if I know someone in the area I'd give it to them
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