Originally Posted by emma69

Logically, isn't it safer to leave a gas oven on, than not on? If it is on, any gas is immediately burned up by the flame. If there is no flame, and there was a slow leak in the appliance, then it gets messy!

Maybe I am misremembering, but didn't it used to be the norm for commercial stove tops to have pilot lights which were permanantly burning gas for that very reason?