Europe was mostly Christian, too?
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours agoAnd why is it a US thing? Because of Christianity.
Btw, I live in a European country and the watch is by a Korean company, so following US standards is doubly ridiculous IMO…
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CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Thats probably why the Vatican is there.
mech@feddit.org 7 hours ago
How is it because of Christianity? God rested on the seventh day, not on the first.
It only makes sense for Judaism where the Sabbath is on Saturday.
grober_Unfug@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
God rested on the seventh day, which was the Sabbath, so Saturday.
After the resurrection of Jesus, which was on a Sunday, Sunday became an important day for Christianity. This was the reason why the Roman Emperor Constantine made Sunday a resting day. It was still the first day of the week, though.
In the 20th century, it was decided (only for secular/economic reasons) to keep the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, as a unit and call it the end of the week, making Monday the first day of the week.