Today, I googled the words “sunday laws obama“. The first result was Presenttruth.com which states in a headline that “Obama’s website debates Sunday Law”. It also says we should read it ourselves “to see what is creeping up on us faster than ever. This is not a joke.” Meanwhile, I’m wondering if it is a joke.

I go to the Obama website they’re talking about.

“There have been a lot of changes in the past 100 years.  Not only have we seen gang activity increase along with crimes, but so has energy consumption.  The other change I realized was the recinding of the “Sunday Laws” across the united states … I have to wonder if there weren’t more benefits to this … So perhaps we should consider enacting a Sunday Law.”

People on the presenttruth.com site went mad after having read this.

“There shouldn’t be ANY debate on the Sunday Law between the President Elect and the people of America. It should only go between God and His people.”

“This is a direct violation of freedom of religion according to the constitutional rights of religion.”

“We should rejoice upon hearing these; coz Bible prophecies are being fulfilled therefore signalling us that our Lord is near.”

A few of the other commentators had realized, though, that the statements on the Obama website was not written by any politicians. The opinions belonged solely to some average joe named Michael Pearce who happened to have a blog on the website. Underneath his blog post, it is clearly stated that

“Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign.”

Presenttruth.com had presented it as if it had come from Barack Obama himself, and people had bought it straightaway without attempting any critical consideration of the source.

So what might we learn from this? Occassionally, fellow members of the Adventist Church tell me how the prophecies of Ellen G. White (and Scripture) are about to be fulfilled. The Catholic Church is regaining power, they proclaim. The Sunday Laws will soon be established, and the Anti Christ will soon appear. He will put the mark of the beast on the foreheads of his followers, and these people will persecute Adventists. Or something like that.

I cannot fully deny the possibility that some of these things might happen someday, but let’s not get carried away. Most of the stories about what’s going on right now cannot be substantiated. If these prophecies are going to be fulfilled, it’s not going to happen today or tomorrow. It’s great to be prepared to defend the gospel and all that, but meanwhile we should keep straight our facts about the presence.