That's the irony though. It's not off topic. We're still living with calendars that start on Sunday for this reason. And numerous comments not to rock the boat, because it's a "standard."
Diana On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Brandon E. B. Ward < [email protected]> wrote: > So WAAAAAAY off-topic, but relevant to the last post... > > The Jewish Sabbath (and 7th Day Adventists etc.) is still the 7th day - > which in our Calendar is Saturday. > > The Sabbath for most of Christianity was changed to the First day of the > week (Sunday) following Christ's resurrection as the new holy day. > > Brandon E. B. Ward > UI • UX • Ix Design > Flex • Flash Development > http://www.uxd.me > [email protected] > > A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher > a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, > build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, > cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, > program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. > Specialization is for insects. > -Robert A. Heinlein > > > > > On Aug 14, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Jim Drew wrote: > > >> On Aug 6, 2009, at 6:55 AM, USABILITY MEDIC wrote: >> >> I considered the Judeo-Christian influence as well but it doesn't make >>> sense. >>> >>> If God rested on the seventh day, why did calendars get produced with >>> Sunday as the first day of the week? >>> >> >> >> Because putting Sunday at the start of the week puts God "first" in all >> parts of your life, most likely. >> >> -- Jim >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [email protected] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
