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If there was to be a pagan day of rest, which day would it be Sunday, Saturday or another day?
Greetings
Wednesday would break the week up nicely.
Monday - work
Tuesday - work
Wednesday - DAY OF REST (YIPEEE)
Thursday - work
Friday - work
Saturday & Sunday - The Weekend!
Oh Blessed be
R.Hart
Wednesday would break the week up nicely.
Monday - work
Tuesday - work
Wednesday - DAY OF REST (YIPEEE)
Thursday - work
Friday - work
Saturday & Sunday - The Weekend!
Oh Blessed be
R.Hart
QUOTE(Seawolf @ Feb 27 2007, 06:42 PM)
If there was to be a pagan day of rest, which day would it be Sunday, Saturday or another day?
The thing is, what exactly would be our reason for wanting a special pagan day of rest each week. We, (at least many pagans do) already have two days off each week on the backs of the Jews (Saturday) and Christians (Sunday) and I suppose that as Islam becomes a stronger force in the west, we will then get a third day (Friday) off work.
Of course these 3 days are allowed for religious devotions but what excuse would Pagans have, as paganism is not a religion and cannot therefore blame a god for needing a devotional day.
QUOTE(pasher @ Feb 27 2007, 08:14 PM)
but what excuse would Pagans have
Dont need an excuse for a day off, any day is good enough for me
My day of rest falls on my off duty!!!! Any day really!!
And I don't rest then
I'm restless!!!
And I don't rest then
I'm restless!!!
a PRAYER FOR THE WORKING WEEK
HELP ME TO ALWAYS GIVE 100% AT WORK:
- 12% Monday
- 23% Tuesday
- 40% Wednesday
- 20% Thursday
- 5% Friday
HELP ME TO ALWAYS GIVE 100% AT WORK:
- 12% Monday
- 23% Tuesday
- 40% Wednesday
- 20% Thursday
- 5% Friday
There's already a pagan day of rest.
Any day with a 'Y' in it!
Any day with a 'Y' in it!
QUOTE(andy9xyz @ Mar 1 2007, 12:22 AM)
There's already a pagan day of rest.
Any day with a 'Y' in it!
Any day with a 'Y' in it!
Nice one!
Pagan day of rest? How about "Payday"? That sounds like a good one to me! 
One slight problem with that Quasizoid, some folks would get one day every week off, while others would only get a day off every month.
Bloody glad I get weekly pay
Any day that has the letters T, A, or S in ought to meet MY specifications!
Even better - how abou a "National Day of Zest"?
(Squeeze me baby, squeeze me!)
(Squeeze me baby, squeeze me!)
A friend of mine only drinks on days that have a 'D' in them.
It took him ages to work out why he got so pissed on Wednesdays.
It took him ages to work out why he got so pissed on Wednesdays.
QUOTE(andy9xyz @ Mar 2 2007, 10:32 AM)
A friend of mine only drinks on days that have a 'D' in them.
It took him ages to work out why he got so pissed on Wednesdays.
It took him ages to work out why he got so pissed on Wednesdays.
Same reason I have great fun on Saturdays!
Curiously, and I throw this up for information and edification only, the seventh day being the day of rest (which as we know is a Jewish tradition adopted worldwide) originated in Babylon; there the seventh days was seen as an evil day and any work begun on the seventh day was doomed to failure, so everyone in the Babylonian Empire would rest.
When the Hebrews were taken into captivity they started writing what would become the Old Testiment (hence the creation myth was copied from original Babylonian/Sumerian sources, as was the Flood myth and others). They changed the idea of the seventh day being evil into being a day to worship Jahweh to set themselves apart from the other Babylonians (the Hebrews often held positions of high power in the Babylonian Empire).
Here endeth the lesson. Class dismissed.
When the Hebrews were taken into captivity they started writing what would become the Old Testiment (hence the creation myth was copied from original Babylonian/Sumerian sources, as was the Flood myth and others). They changed the idea of the seventh day being evil into being a day to worship Jahweh to set themselves apart from the other Babylonians (the Hebrews often held positions of high power in the Babylonian Empire).
Here endeth the lesson. Class dismissed.
QUOTE(Wulfric @ Mar 7 2007, 10:33 AM)
Curiously, and I throw this up for information and edification only, the seventh day being the day of rest (which as we know is a Jewish tradition adopted worldwide) originated in Babylon; there the seventh days was seen as an evil day and any work begun on the seventh day was doomed to failure, so everyone in the Babylonian Empire would rest.
When the Hebrews were taken into captivity they started writing what would become the Old Testiment (hence the creation myth was copied from original Babylonian/Sumerian sources, as was the Flood myth and others). They changed the idea of the seventh day being evil into being a day to worship Jahweh to set themselves apart from the other Babylonians (the Hebrews often held positions of high power in the Babylonian Empire).
Here endeth the lesson. Class dismissed.
When the Hebrews were taken into captivity they started writing what would become the Old Testiment (hence the creation myth was copied from original Babylonian/Sumerian sources, as was the Flood myth and others). They changed the idea of the seventh day being evil into being a day to worship Jahweh to set themselves apart from the other Babylonians (the Hebrews often held positions of high power in the Babylonian Empire).
Here endeth the lesson. Class dismissed.
But then what is the 7th day? accent times the 7th day of the week was saturday named after the planet saturn, also in latin saturday apparently means sabbath
QUOTE(Wulfric @ Mar 7 2007, 10:33 AM)
Curiously, and I throw this up for information and edification only, the seventh day being the day of rest (which as we know is a Jewish tradition adopted worldwide) originated in Babylon; there the seventh days was seen as an evil day and any work begun on the seventh day was doomed to failure, so everyone in the Babylonian Empire would rest.
When the Hebrews were taken into captivity they started writing what would become the Old Testiment (hence the creation myth was copied from original Babylonian/Sumerian sources, as was the Flood myth and others). They changed the idea of the seventh day being evil into being a day to worship Jahweh to set themselves apart from the other Babylonians (the Hebrews often held positions of high power in the Babylonian Empire).
Here endeth the lesson. Class dismissed.
When the Hebrews were taken into captivity they started writing what would become the Old Testiment (hence the creation myth was copied from original Babylonian/Sumerian sources, as was the Flood myth and others). They changed the idea of the seventh day being evil into being a day to worship Jahweh to set themselves apart from the other Babylonians (the Hebrews often held positions of high power in the Babylonian Empire).
Here endeth the lesson. Class dismissed.
But then what is the 7th day? accent times the 7th day of the week was saturday named after the planet saturn, also in latin saturday apparently means sabbath
Traditionally Saturday was the seventh day in Judaism (but if I remember correctly it actually started at sunset on Friday and finished the following sunset - something like that. This is one of the arguments that some use to say Jesus couldn't have been executed on the sabbath or the day before as it would have been contrary to the Jewish laws at the time - I'm a bit hazy on the details now!). Early Christianity also had Saturday as the seventh day but at some point a pope (forget which one) changed it to Sunday.
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