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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by jrsj on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @01:22AM (#31176614)
They definitely didn’t invent it, but I would say it’s fair to give Christianity itself credit for converting Rome to a 7 day week & then most of the rest of the world after. It takes a religion with certain characteristics to accomplish that.
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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by robinsoh on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:04AM (#31177134)
> it’s fair to give Christianity itself credit for converting Rome to a 7 day week

How so? Constantinus was the one who committed to the change and the day names were after the Roman Gods. Even today, we're using Viking names, like today happens to be Odin's Day, tomorrow's going to be Thor's Day and the day after is going to be Freya's Day. I'm not sure it is reasonable or rational to "credit Christianity itself".

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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by jrsj on Friday April 29, 2022 @11:34PM (#31213132)
Constantine adopted a 7 day calendar a few years after adopting Christianity. Christians had already adopted that calendar from Jews.
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