Athiests, read the answer and weep.
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2007-11-09 21:09:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because calendars which predate even Judaism had seven days.
Oh, but if calendars which predate Judaism had seven days, well, that means judaism wasn't first, which means... Adam and Eve didn't exist.
Oops. Sorry, were you going to try to invoke the creation myth of your silly fables?
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Oh, and if the week is supposed to be some hint of perfection... why is it that a year contains 52.17857 weeks instead of 52 or 53?
365.2499999 does not divide into seven day weeks evenly. Even ignoring the quarter day, 7 does not divide 365 either.
So much for the focus on the week.
2007-11-09 21:24:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Because all the ancients have noticed the moon circling in regular basis around the earth , and houses certain state of the moon 4 times in one complete circle which takes about 29-30 days , that leads to major 7 days of 4 states and some fractions , ...... still have many other details about the sun and the seasons , anyway... they reached to this concept, and then the Bible and Quran confirmed this episode ... etc...
2007-11-10 05:31:50 · answer #2 · answered by samy J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Babylonian 7 Tablets of Creation might be a clue. The ancients celebrated the coming of the planet Nibiru in 7 days of festivities commemorating their version of creation. From the planet Pluto inward, the Earth is 7th. It is the number assigned to Enlil (lord of command), the Anachim heir-apparent of Anu king of Nibiru. Later, the number led to the 7 days in a week.
2007-11-10 05:17:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Initially they knew seven planets going round the sun. One of them is the Earth.and other one is supposed to be a shadow planet. So they took remaining five planets plus the Sun and the Moon and made a week of seven days. Starting from the day of Moon which Monday and finishing with the Sun that is Sunday. In Hindi language you have names of the days directly pronounced with the names of the planets.
2007-11-10 05:21:33 · answer #4 · answered by ashok 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ancient (Pagan) people had one day for each of the "planets" (that they knew about at the time). Each planet had a corresponding god or goddess:
Sunday = "Sun's Day" (Sun)
Monday = "Moon's Day" (Moon)
Tuesday = "Tyr's Day" (Mars)
Wednesday = "Wodan's Day" (Mercury)
Thursday = "Thor's Day" (Jupiter)
Friday = "Frigg's Day" (Venus)
Saturday - "Saturn's Day" (Saturn)
There's no reason for atheists to weep over any of that. The months are named after Pagan gods, too. Whoop-de-doo.
2007-11-10 05:16:11 · answer #5 · answered by gelfling 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The entire world operates on the Christian calender. The Christian calender has 7 days.
2007-11-10 05:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
So that Thor, Odin, Tyr, Frigg, Saturn, the Sun, and the Moon could all have their own day.
2007-11-10 05:17:23 · answer #7 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
because it took god 7 days to make the earth on the seventh day he rested. he made light life, plants, land, animals, and adam and eve which were the fiurst people to be created
hope i helped you!
2007-11-10 05:40:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
7? I thought there were 8. Damn those lying Beatles!
2007-11-10 05:18:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because we follow the Roman created measurement of time, and they created the concept of seven days a week calanders.
2007-11-10 05:14:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋