National Sunday law

by A. Jan Marcussen

This book has print that is large enough to read easily. It is about the book of Revelations in the Bible and the meaning.

Genres: Religion, Nonfiction, Christian, Theology

94 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Nikki · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is without a doubt the most gratuitous, ignorant, inane piece of tripe I've ever had the misfortune to peruse. It was left hanging on my doorknob, and I sincerely wish that I could find the person who left it and lecture them sternly on the amount of paper wasted in the printing of this garbage. After having skimmed through it, I feel as though my IQ has dropped and that I've lost ten minutes of my life that I will never get back. I couldn't even bear to actually read the entirety of this ridiculous literary abortion, what with its paranoia, homophobia, and fanaticism. Put simply, this book is a waste of time, paper, and ink.

[Bryan · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book made me sad. It showed up in my mail one day. I read it, hoping for either some insight into a religion or at least a good laugh. All I got was bad writing and misinformation, along with a sprinkling of paranoia and homophobia.

[Christian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Garbage. - A. Jan Marcussen must be suffering from a mental illness.

Got this free in the mail and wasted 60 minutes reading it cover to cover. - I liked how at the end the writer blatantly asks the reader to buy his next book, even providing a little order form for you all ready to go.

If conspiracy theory, religious propaganda, and awful writing is your thing, this book is for you. - As for me, this will be tossed in the recycling with the rest of my junk mail.

[Mia · Rating 1 out of 5]

An old bearded man handed this to me as I was walking home and told me to "Get ready!" So, naturally, I read it.

What? Don't look at me like that. Are you trying to imply that the best books you've read haven't been handed to you by old bearded men on sidewalks?

In all seriousness, I read this partly out of boredom and partly out of curiosity, the same reason I always read The Watchtower when Mormons leave it at my door or those crazy Seventh Day Adventists/Christian Scientist pamphlets. This, though—there's no nicer way I can put it than to say it's absolute trash. I'm not even going to maintain the pretence of tolerance because this book isn't religious, it's just fucking crazy. It reads like the babbling of a schizophrenic off his medication, lacking structure and connection and any internal logic, all invisible patterns and hellfire and vivisected Bible verses. There is no greater argument for the separation of church and state than this book of rabid, inane ramblings about how the Pope is the anti-Christ and how all the nonbelievers will soon be burned alive and crushed by massive hailstones. Listen, I have no problem with people believing this nonsense, or even handing copies of it to me, but let's keep it out of legislation.

There have always been nutjobs and there always will be nutjobs, and as fun as it is to shit on this idiotic book, the fact that National Sunday Law was written and printed entirely in earnest still leaves me feeling more than a little uneasy about the human mind's capacity for delusion.

[Gary · Rating 1 out of 5]

This piece of absurd religious fiction is the most ridiculous piece of "literature" I have ever come across. If I didn't know any better I'd swear it was a Discordian joke or was written by David Tibet for the Current 93 album "Dogs Blood Rising." Apparently not working on a Sunday is a bad thing? This is David Icke meets the Book of Revelations. . .

[Robert Beveridge · Rating 1 out of 5]

Jan Marcussen, National Sunday Law (AT Publications, 1983)

“I sincerely believe”, Jan Marcussen says in the final pages of National Sunday Law, “that there's no way for you to read these amazing truths of God's word without having a deep longing to follow Christ all the way...I know that you would never have read this unusual book this far unless you had a real interest in learning truth and following Jesus all the way.” Sorry, dude, some of us just got there because we were interested to see how far the crazy would go. But those sentence fragments do illustrate the book's major failing—Marcussen is incapable of realizing that there may be a different interpretation to the few parts of this book that may actually be rooted in fact. I saw “few parts” because the rest of it, well, Marcussen is, to put it kindly, somewhat far removed from reality. The basis of this book is that (SPOILER ALERT, though I'm not putting the stop sign up there because no one could possibly want to read this mess) the Catholics are agents of Satan because they caused the Sabbath day to be switched from Saturday to Sunday in violation of the fourth commandment. Now, maybe these folks don't know any Catholics. But here's a quick question for you: what is the only mainstream Christian denomination in America that holds Saturday services? Bang, Marcussen's entire hypothesis is disproved by simple observation. And that's before he gets into the batshit numerology. (What is it the bible has to say about divination, exactly? Oh, yes: “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.” Deuteronomy 18:9-12. So even if you are a believer that the bible is factually-based, there's nothing here for you.) Even were I willing to accept a book of fairy tales as an anchor for a morality, this tripe doesn't even conform to said book of fairy tales. It would be amusing if enough people didn't believe it for the title page to claim 35.9 million copies in print as of 2010. That makes it terrifying. (zero)

[Brandy Swartz · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are a Christian you should really read this book. I am glad I ordered it. I have to say with all the books out there, this is by far one of the best books I have read. It reaffirmed my suspicions and helped shed light on the matter discussed in this book. I am really looking foreward to reading another book by A. Jan Marcussen. So in turn I will forward this review to my blog, and pass the link on for the book for your viewing or email me and i will give you the information for a copy of the book. If you read the book, please give me feedback on here and my website under the post National Sunday Law at http://brandysbookblog.webnode.com I am interested on your oppinions. Going to give this book to my pastor.
The Bible says God made the heavens and the earth in 6 days...and rested on the seventh. Which would mean that The Sabbath day is on Saturday instead of Sunday. What happened to the Commandment keep the Sabbath Day Holy? It's not holy if it is on a sunday!!! Who would have know about the Catholic Church as the Great Whore of Babylon to be accurate? Or at the fact that Paul actually saw the reign of the Catholic Church rule for 1260 years. Who knew that the Number 666 is actually the Roman Numerals VICARIUS FILII DEI which is Latin for Vicar of the Son of God, which is inscribed on the pope's official mitre. I am not going into detail, if you want to know more, you have to read the book. God Bless.

[Samuel · Rating 1 out of 5]

One star if you're trying to take it seriously, but it's some five-star unintentional comedy.

[Joseph Inzirillo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok so here it is. This book is somewhere between conspiracy theory and completely mental. If the point was to tell people they were worshipping on the wrong day then just say that. Dragging it out and accusing the Catholic Church of being the equivalent to a satanic cult is just nuts.

The historical bits are off, the bible quotes don't make sense with the points that are being made and the whole practice of referring to anyone that doesn't agree as sinners is irritating.

Books like this just make me sad for humanity and offended for all of my friends who are Christian. I'm sorry anyone would ever read something this close minded.

[JoAryn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Garbage. Got two copies in my mail and I wish they were made of thinner paper so I could do something useful with them, like substituting for TP. It’s poorly written and filled with hateful, fear-mongering rhetoric. Homophobia, racism, intolerance of differences, and a overall sense of abhorrence toward humanity spill forth from nearly every page.

[Luna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wait.

So, the Papacy is Satan, and the US has been lured by Satan to bring around the rapture, and when they make a national law making Sunday a day of rest, Jesus is going to come down and smote all our asses?

I'm confused.

[David Sarkies · Rating 1 out of 5]

More Christian Fearmongering
9 January 2020

I came home one day, opened my letter box and found that this book had been shoved inside. Honestly, that pretty much told me who put it in there, or gave me a pretty good idea of who did it (though I noted that they didn’t come to the door, but that was probably because I was out visiting pubs, as I tend to like doing). Anyway, I did a quick Google search and discovered that this came from the Seventh Day Adventists. They are Christian, and I don’t have too much of an issue with them, however they are pretty convinced that we should set Saturday aside as the day of worship, and not Sunday, as pretty much everybody else does.

Look, they sort of have a point, in that the 10 Commandments sets out the sabbath as the day of rest, which was traditionally the last day of the week, and there isn’t really anything in the Bible that says that we need to change it to Sunday. The thing is that out of all of the 10 Commandments, this is the one we ignore (though honestly, there are quite a number that we don’t follow, while claiming that we do, such as having no other god before God).

The problem with this book is that a lot of the arguments don’t hold water. They claim that the beast is actually the Catholic Church, and yeah, that isn’t something new – it has been accused of being the beast for centuries. Mind you, one Christian teacher once explained that the identity of the beast changes regularly – back during the Cold War it was Russia, however after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it suddenly became the American Government (especially when Clinton was president). Oh, and during the reformation, yeah, it was the Catholic Church.

The problem that I have with their reasoning is that they claim that the Catholic Church’s rule came to an end with Napoleon, and only came back when Mussolini set up the Vatican State. Yeah, I’m not all that sure of where they got their historical ‘facts’ from, but I have a feeling that the Catholic Church was still operating between those periods, and that the Papal States were still in existence, it was just that it was whittled down to its current size throughout the 19th Century. Oh, and as for having power right up until Napoleon – yeah, I have a gut feeling that the Reformation went an awful long way in undermining the power of the church.

My biggest issue with this book is the suggestion that you must worship on a Saturday otherwise you are not a Christian and you will be punished accordingly. It sort of undermines the whole nature of grace. In fact, my understanding of the commandment that they are talking about is that we should set aside a single day to worship God as opposed to it being a specific day. Hell, you could have Wednesday as your sabbath rest day because, well, why not (I tend to do Sunday because, well, that’s the day when all my friends go to Church, so I go to church to meet up with them – it would be a little pointless doing it on a Wednesday).

Mind you, when you have been reading the Bible for as long as I have, you start to pick up a lot of these issues. The big one I have encountered through my life is Baptism, but not just that, but being Baptised into their particular church. These groups are actually pretty scary because you litterally become captured by them, and you find that it is pretty difficult to get out because, well, they force you to disown all of your friends so that the only people you know are them. I guess I solved that problem by realising that I didn’t need to always be with people, and sitting in a cafe drinking coffee and reading a book is delightful as it is.

Okay, lots of Christians, particularly the ones that aren’t all that outgoing (which is why the shy individuals tend to be targetted because, well, they are much easier to control) find themselves really only having Christian friends, and as such end up being tied to a single church. This is even worse when you are feed lies that the church you are going to is the only legitimate church – it makes it really hard to change churches, especially in a small town. Okay, the church I go to is a little special because the service I go to is in the evening and most of the people that go are either unmarried, or childless (the ones with children end up migrating to the morning service where they have crache facilities, and a lot of the single people there find it difficult making friends because, well, everybody is chasing after their children).

Okay, it may not be perfect, but as I mentioned, I have friends there, and hey, at least they let us think freely, and don’t try to convince us to vote for one particular political party. Actually, the fact that I can have differing political views, and don’t feel like an outsider is one of the reasons I keep going back.

[Tony Tee Online · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book one day. It was really on me that I should go to the post office. When I got there, there was nothin' in my box. Then...there on the table, I saw it. I love new knowledge...so I snatched it up. Lol. Not knowing that it was really what I needed. This book is a real eye-opener to those that are willing to receive and comprehend its message.

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[Crissy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing and eye-opening. I can't seem to get through it because I have to keep stopping to soak in the informationan and take notes.

[Sara Jehn · Rating 1 out of 5]

We need zero star ratings! This piece of garbage came to us unsolicited in the mail. It’s dump truck full of crazy,

[Matt · Rating 1 out of 5]

When I read this book, I knew what my review would be just not how to begin it and finally decided honesty is the best policy.

I am a Seventh-day Adventist and the topic of this book focuses on what Seventh-day Adventists believe is a central part of last day events before Christ’s Second Coming. Unfortunately, the author has produced such a horribly written book as to induce cringe worthy level of embarrassment to any mainstream Adventist. And to learn that it was left at people’s doors or mailed to them anonymously makes its impact even worse because while I believe the author was sincere in wanting to do good; I will not vouch for the ideas presented because fairly early in the book I began skimming through and will never read it for a second time.

This book is not in any way affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist church and the publication company is named as to be confused with a genuine evangelistic ministry.

[Barb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short book, only 70 pages. One point I agreed with, Saturday is the Sabbath and the Ten Commandments didn't go away when Jesus died for us. Jesus paid the penalty for humans who can't possibly keep God's word perfectly. However, He didn't say we were to throw away the commandments either. I believe they are a goal to strive toward but the Savior covers where we fail. From the very first time I read the Bible, I wondered why we didn't still worship on the Sabbath. I never found any answer in the Bible. The only explanation I ever received is that the early church started worshiping on Sunday because that is when Jesus arose. I never felt quite right about that since Jesus had told us what to do, so I wondered who the person was that changed to Sunday. I found the answer in his book. However, the book seems to say that if you belong to a church that worships on Sunday you won't go the heaven. I don't see that in the Bible. I am no expert, of course, so as I read the Bible going forward, I will pay particular attention to see if scripture can be interpreted to confirm what the author says. But I doubt that it will.

[Vincent Truman · Rating 1 out of 5]

This fan-fiction version of religion showed up in my mailbox today like a former in-law: unwanted, ignorant and self-righteous. Like a former in-law, it kicks off with blaming our present day on the events of 911 (way to start with bang, guys) and then goes on to dismiss and/or pity everything that isn't hardcore Christian. One section bemoans the facts that people born into other faiths were welcomed into Christianity. And in the middle of the book, again like a former in-law who has taken to Facebook to sell body wraps, there is a form for ordering more books, which apparently outline not only Christ's imminent return but also the secret plots Satan is getting up to. But you have to pay for that.

On a certain level, it is heartening to know the most hardcore Christians have backed off murder sprees, from the Crusades through the Salem Witch Trials, and and are now merely mail-order hucksters hustlin' for a buck off the back of the gullible. That's progress.

[Argin Gerigorian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Probably the stupidest book I've read in my entire life.

Bunch of conspiracy, dispensational nonsense spewing out of a delusional man who just came out of a sci-fi movie.

The only reason this doesn't get a 0 is because I can't review the book, as if it needs a review.

[Endearingswan · Rating 1 out of 5]

The fact that the paper was rough and scratchy was only a minor gripe. My main objection was that I had to tear it out of the package one sheet at a time. This is much more inconvenient than the usual rolled product.

[Aharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book led me to keep shabbot/sabbath good book.

[Tracey K · Rating 1 out of 5]

Zero stars. I am not sure what I did to deserve this mindless drivel appearing in my mailbox but whatever it was, I am sincerely sorry. The author surely suffers from some sort of psychiatric disorder with delusions of grandeur and the editor must be a functional illiterate. The books is composed entirely of poorly written conspiracy theories. While I am glad to have not paid for this trash, I do regret having wasted precious moments of my life reading it. It will be returned to sender in no condition to be inflicted upon another unsuspecting person. Again, whatever it was that I did to deserve this, really, I am sorry.

[james · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you get this freebie in the mail, do yourself a favor and just pitch it in the recycle bin.

This tripe has been floating around for decades with just some alterations to the forward. Crackpot conspiracies hiding behind the veil of self righteousness, cherrypicked scriptures, and "evidence" of modern events have strung together the dangerous narrative. While most will recognize this trash as divisive and representative of a fringe cultist group, others might be seduced by the gaslighting of the text. Don't waste your time with this intellectually dishonest work.

[Cindy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hahahahahaha....wait, this wasn't a joke? Now I have a sad that there is actually someone out there this ignorant. I didn't ask for this book, it just arrived in my mailbox, but I can see why they use this mail order only thing: it's a complete and utter waste of time and the writer has got to have some mental issues. Or they are epic trolls, I can't decide which. TL;DR: don't waste your time, use this as a door stopper.

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this book in error. It was mailed to someone in another city, but showed up in my mail box. So I began reading it. I believe I was meant to read it.
Very informative.
Thank god that I did receive it.
By looking at the reviews, either you believe or you don't. They are extremes. 5 stars or 1 star.

[Larry · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you havent been studying Gods word for yourselves then this book will confuse you.
Find a real indepth study of Daniel and Revelations, then this book will really make since to you. If you are looking to discredit Bible prophecy then you will never have the correct understanding of God's word.

[Michael Harlan · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book sux don't read it, i don't know what kept it in my hands

[Eldon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not recommended.

[Renaee]

Interesting!

[Earl Trotter · Rating 5 out of 5]

fascenating read! I reccommend it