You just have to differentiate between the calendar week, and the work week.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Baranski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: November 26, 2001 18:52 Subject: [USMA:16402] Re: When does SI/ISO calendar starts? > It seems most cultures follow the 7 day week as prescribed in the old > testament. God worked for 6 days and rested the 7th. There is no confusion > here. > > At some point in western civilization history someone decided the > resurrection of Jesus which happened on Sunday was a big enough event to > make that day devoted to prayers. Naturally you couldn't do your normal work > on that day so it had to become a day off. But in those times you couldn't > have two days off in a week so that in turn caused Saturday to be a regular > working day. At the same time some countries decided to call Sunday the last > day of the week so it fit the old testament prescription of 6 days of work > and 1 day of rest. The English speaking countries adapted the > Sunday-as-a-day-of-prayer scheme but they decided to keep it as the first > day of the week. > > Later on hard working people of industrial era decided to fight for a > shorter work week and they made the Saturday a day off. Later on they coined > the term "weekend" to describe the two days off as time for leisure and > prayer. Now that doesn't fit with Sunday being the first day of the week. > How can Sunday be the first day of the week and at the same time be part of > the weekEND? Hmm. Something's amiss here. > > One of the ways to fix this problem is to go with most people's definition > of the weekend and start the week on Monday and end it on Sunday. > > I'm really not sure who authorized the change from a Sunday to a Monday but > my best guess would be the Pope or his advisors who btw were for quite a > long time setting standards in many areas. > > Adam > > > > >From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >2001-11-26 > > > >I don't have a clue as to when some countries changed the sabbath from > >Saturday to Sunday or why, but in both the old and new testaments, the day > >of rest has been the Sabbath and a Saturday. The Jewish calendar starts > >with Sunday because the Jews are following the 7 day week as prescribed in > >Genesis. > > > >Even at the time of the Ressurection, the two women who visited the tomb > >and > >found it empty went on a Sunday morning (now celebrated as Easter Morning) > >which the bible describes as the first day of the week. I never heard of > >Easter being on a Monday. > > > >A change of the first day from a Sunday to a Monday, done for whatever > >reason, was done without authorisation and thus is not valid. > > > >John > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >
