Sorry, Geoffrey51. I thought you had said they started on Monday. Forget my comment re. the UK. But the question still remains, why! Did the British always begin with Sunday, or did they change under James I or something like that?

WHAT? The US is a CHRISTIAN country? Yikes. Ever hear of the separation of church and state?

@crazycurlz Why not just read what I say and then respond. I was quite clear about my meaning. The US has, in many contexts, both private and public been represented as a predominantly "Christian" country. It was founded largely on that presumption. Whether it is or not is germain to my thesis, and is, I believe fundimentally the reason many businesses have been traditionally closed, drinking prohibited, and employment exempted. You are probably too young to remember "Blue Laws". That Is why I am curious as to why, if this is true, the calendars begin with Monday, which Christian doctrine considers to be the first day of the week (as if "GOD" started everything on Monday). Although, of course the Jews, who allegedly have the same "God", consider that first day to be SUNDAY. Sabbath means seventh. Jewish Sabat begins late Friday through Saturday.

( also calendar starts on Sunday in Canada, too.)

I've just discovered that Sunday was the first day of the Roman week so pre-dates Christian ideologies with regard to sequence

My point, exactly!

Bingo!

Good point. Why do you think that is?

@fishline79 Because Jobs and Wozniak didn't buy into that Jeebus and Gawd bullshit?

Oh, the hebrew/jewish/canaanite/Hyksos ... the jews use a luner based calender 13 months 28 days. It derives from the books of Enoch, and is more accurate as well as being more condusive with natural biological systems. The most correct calendar on the planet is the mayan. Its within fractions of a second to planetary time. Ask an Astronomer.

I know all that but it's not my question. If we are a predominantly a "Christian" country who alledgedly belive that "God" rested on the seventh day, why do we not use a "Christian" calendar? I believe it is because when calendars were first printed in the US, the printers of calendars were Jewish. That's just my guess; what's yours?

@fishline79
Are you saying the printers were jewish or are you postulating? I never thought of it that way. The gregorian calendar was established in 1582 some years after Martin Luther broke in 1517. Luther was an antisemite. The catholics at that time did not care about the jews. And yes its funny how christian worship deity on the first day of the week. The reason for this as I learned some years ago had to do with Chistianity worshiping the son of god, were as the jews worship yahweh the father and adhere to his laws. Many chistians to this day believe sunday is the sabath. Part of the ignorance.

To be honest i think maybe no one knew enough about the calendar. No one ever read the scriptures. 1500s is Renaissance, kind of an enlightenment period, but for the most part people/commons where illiterate. The pope ruled with unchecked athority in matters of spirituality and even matters of state. The julian calendar was created in like 45 bc, so it lasted well over 1500 years.

I know during these times the jews were hated just about everywhere. And European Jews are not Jewish, the Ashkenazim are from Khazar. They fled to russia in like 800s or so. 85% of all people who call themselves jewish are not hebrew or from the middle east.

So bassicaly to answer the question, i think we as a Christian Civilization were to far along in the process to change. Most every thing that was done by the ruling class was done for appearances as in pertinence to the church. Catholicism has lost much of its power, but still holds sway over 1/7 of the population. History has proven the errors, but the zeigeist has been in movement so long, nobody cares to correct it.

@fishline79 hey i found this....

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@Etre Interesting. Mithra is also credited with early Monotheism, (Or is it Zoroaster?) Never mind, but that still doesn't explain why we use Sunday as the first day of the calendar week (English-speaking Christian countries) and all other Christian countries use Monday! I still think we are complicating the issue with all this historical speculation.

@fishline79
true, I was trying to get a handle on it. I still say it is because the sabbath is Saturday or Saturns day and the day of rest for the jews. so day 7 in modern chronology, and that be why the Suns day is 1st day of week. true it is probably many reasons on many levels of thought and paradigm.

What is Roman? So, you're saying we use a Roman chronolgy of days based on Monday, which was the start of a Roman week??? Did the Helenistic religion have seven day weeks? The Julian calendar is Roman Catholic and I believe it starts on Monday. Julius was the first Christian Pope, was he not?

@fishline79 I don't think that Julius was ever a pope, Pope St. Peter (32-67). was the first

@magicwatch Yes, of course you are correct. I believe I was thinking of the Ceasar who tried to return Rome to Helenism after Constantine recognized Christianity. Gore Vidal wrote a great book about him called "Julian" I'm pretty sure there were a number of Pope Julius'.

It kinda matters when you make an appointment for a Wednesday and write it in the middle square of the calendar from habit, without checking what day the calendar thinks the week starts on.

Also, the German for Wednesday is mittwoch (mid-week).

There you go! See what I mean?

Exactly what I'm saying. Where is it a sin to fish on Sunday? That's another question. Did Jews invent sin? You know what they say. "Pornography is anything that gives a priest a hard on".

I grew up in Belfast where nearly everything except church-going was a sin on Sunday. Would you believe that they even padlocked the swings in the kiddies' playgrounds?