Yahoo Finance Asks, “Who Doesn’t Love Sundays, the Last Day of the Week,” as Robotic Stores are Force to Close on Sundays

No one will escape the coming Sunday laws. Not even automated machines or self-checkout systems will be exempt. In the coming crisis, everyone will be forced to rest. According to a report by Yahoo Finance on April 5, 2024, Sundays in Germany are a day of rest for everyone, including robotic stores. The regional chain store Tegut has been forced to close its automated retailers in order to comply with Germany’s Sunday law.

Yahoo reported the following:

• “Who doesn’t love Sundays? The last day of the week can mean different things for different people—whether it’s time for laundry or for a good old Sunday roast.” [1]

• “In Germany, Sundays are sacred. The country considers them rest days, not just for people with white- or blue-collar jobs, but also for establishments, with only a handful of exceptions. Germans take the practice so seriously that Sundays are protected by the constitution.” [1]

• “Retailers have found a few ways around it, so consumers aren’t devoid of options on their rest day. Supermarket chain Tegut, for instance, has run automated stores without any human workers for the past four years.” [1]

• “But now, even those won’t open after a German court upheld a ban impacting Tegut’s stores—even those without human staff—forcing them to remain closed on Sundays. In December, it ruled that Tegut’s 40 automated shops will not be excluded from the Sunday rest law, or Sonntagsruhe, despite the absence of workers.” [1]

The tradition of closing stores on Sundays has deep roots in Germany’s Christian heritage, where Sunday is considered a day of rest and worship. This tradition has been upheld over the years, even as the country has become more secular. Germany’s Sunday rest laws, known as “Sonntagsruhe,” aim to preserve the day as a time for relaxation, family activities, and religious observance.

Make no mistake, Sunday laws are real, and they are coming to America. Today, retailers in Germany who refuse to close their doors on Sunday in accordance with the Sunday laws face legal consequences, including fines and closure. When it comes to adhering to the Sunday trading ban, Germany plays no games.

Here in the United States, there is a movement to align our laws with certain Christian principles, such as the blue laws. While some may advocate seeing America officially recognized as a Christian nation, which means bringing back laws reflecting religious values, other secular groups are also in agreement with Sunday rest, but they do so on the basis of social justice—securing time for family, workers, and even the environment.

Despite their ideological differences, Christians and secularists have found common ground in Sunday rest. All parties, with the exception of the Remnant Church of Revelation 12, are coming together to push for Sunday policies in society. We are told in the book The Great Controversy that Protestants, Catholics, and worldlings will recognize the importance of uniting on certain issues that they believe transcend all peoples. And by focusing on shared values, individuals from diverse backgrounds can work together to effect positive change in society. Unfortunately, we know where these so-called changes are headed:

“Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world, and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium.” (Great Controversy, p. 588).

“When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.” (Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 451).

Sources

[1] https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/german-law-protecting-sundays-forcing-145014237.html