http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2007/01/25/whats-special-about-god/ Thoughts, opinions and fascinating discoveries by Elliot, a student at USC Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:41:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2007/01/25/whats-special-about-god/#comment-201676 katy Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:26:03 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2007/01/25/whats-special-about-god/#comment-201676 Here is something that was abnormal, now we think is normal: "In modern America, we take the five-day work-week so much for granted that we forget what a radical concept a day of rest was in ancient times. The weekly day of rest has no parallel in any other ancient civilization. In ancient times, leisure was for the wealthy and the ruling classes only, never for the serving or laboring classes. In addition, the very idea of rest each week was unimaginable. The Greeks thought Jews were lazy because we insisted on having a "holiday" every seventh day." http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/shabbat.html Here is something that was abnormal, now we think is normal:
“In modern America, we take the five-day work-week so much for granted that we forget what a radical concept a day of rest was in ancient times. The weekly day of rest has no parallel in any other ancient civilization. In ancient times, leisure was for the wealthy and the ruling classes only, never for the serving or laboring classes. In addition, the very idea of rest each week was unimaginable. The Greeks thought Jews were lazy because we insisted on having a “holiday” every seventh day.” http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/shabbat.html

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