(August 15, 2012 at 4:00 am)Ciel_Rouge Wrote: Well, we got so used to the 7-day week that it is no longer commonly perceived as a Christian invention. Still, as most inventions it must have had a purpose. But let's focus on the effects first.
After slaving with little sleep for the first five days, the time arrives to "have some fun, do something interesting". But do really do that? We usually fall into a repetitive routine of clubbing, sex and alcohol followed by hangovers and paralysis towards Sunday. We do not have time to think, to be really creative, to start doing something new and enjoyable. Our lives become very repertitive, it is like living the SAME 7 days over and over again...
I have always done shift work (TV industry) so for ever day I work I have a day off but have to sometimes work weekends and evenings. Free from the shackles of the 7 day week. Go shopping when no-one else is. Go to the cinema on a weekday afternoon. No "Sunday evening" feeling that the working week is just around the corner and next weekend is an eternity away. Brilliant ! also get paid a little more.
Regards
Grimesy
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Edward Gibbon
