Here's why it is a sin if you eat out at fancy restaurant on the sabbath. There might be high class call girls in the room or business people might be doing some work and you do not want to be in the same space as grievous sinners.
These are actual reasons that Dennis Fischer gives on his
30 Excuses: Fine Dining
Example I
"Working Girls"
Suppose that this elegant restaurant was a gathering place of
numerous prostitutes. However, these “ladies of the evening” are not the
typical “hookers” one might see on street corners in sleazy parts of
town. These particular women are high priced “call girls” with very
influential clients. Each of these "ladies" is highly educated. Most
have graduate degrees and may speak several languages. They enjoy the
opera and are well versed in literature and the arts. They can converse
intelligently about politics and philosophy. Additionally, they command
as much as $10,000 an evening for their services. To put it mildly they
are very sophisticated. But they are prostitutes nonetheless.
Furthermore, at this particular restaurant they are everywhere—engaging
in their craft, making contacts and networking. Add to that, dining with
these very expensive “escorts” are men whose wives are at home with
their children totally unaware that tonight their husbands will be
spending some “quality time” with someone else.
Now here is our question.
- Is such a place conducive for honoring God’s Sabbath?
- Or, would you recommend that God’s people choose another place to dine?
Most would have to admit that such a restaurant is not an appropriate
place to dine on the Sabbath or, any other day for that matter. After
all, regardless of how you want to slice it, God’s law is being trampled
on with impunity by its patrons. Furthermore, adultery is a capital
crime in the Bible. It attacks the very core of decency.
Now some may argue that such a hypothetical situation doesn’t exist—and
even if it did God’s people would be unable to detect such behavior.
After all, discretion is the stock and trade of such “ladies.”
This may be true so lets try a different example—one a bit more real.
Example II
“A Capital Crime”
Suppose you and your family are at another fine restaurant on the
Sabbath and everyone there is desecrating God’s holy day right before
your eyes. At every table this sacrilege is taking place. Work is being
done. Business is being transacted. The conversations all around you
(even if you can’t hear them) relate to the profane world. Even an
occasional round of “Happy Birthday” is being sung by attentive servers.
Now, here is our question.
- Is this a place that is conducive to keeping God’s day holy?
- Furthermore,
should God’s people actually pay to be in such a place? In other words,
should they do business with it, on God’s Sabbath no less? Remember
that profaning the Sabbath is also a capital crime in the scriptures.
Embracing Sin
The reason most people in God’s Church dine out on the Sabbath is
either 1) they never think about what is really taking place all around
them or, 2) they don’t regard what is being done as an egregious sin.
Tragically, we have become desensitized by our contemporary world to
accept what God condemns. Furthermore, by never questioning what
restaurants do on this day, we never have to question what we do.
The bottom line is this. You can no more find a restaurant elegant
enough to offset what is taking place in it every Sabbath than you could
find a cathedral elegant enough to offset what it is doing every
Sunday. No matter how fancy it is, no matter how exquisite its
atmosphere, it is still POLLUTING what God Himself made HOLY! Here is
the question we should ask ourselves. What does God Almighty think of
what is taking place at this fine eatery every Sabbath and holy day?
Furthermore, what does He think of His people seeking out and paying for
this sacrilege?
Here's What Dennis Fischer Thinks About You Eating Out On The Sabbath