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11-27-2005, 06:18 AM
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Why do we have \"weeks\"?
The time for the earth to spin once is called a "day"
The time for a moon phase is called a "month" (originally) The time for earths axis to cycle is called a "year". So where do weeks come from? The only thing i can think is the bible (on the 7th day...). That i hate religion has nothing to do with this though. It just strikes me as odd that we chose to make 7 days as some kind of cycle. Works weeks, etc. Far in the future (more than decades), how possible is it that "weeks" will cease to exist? 
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#2
11-27-2005, 06:55 AM
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Re: Why do we have \"weeks\"?
Wiki says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week
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#3
11-27-2005, 07:23 AM
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Re: Why do we have \"weeks\"?
Afaik,
It is the integer approximation of a quarter of a lunar month.
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#4
11-27-2005, 07:47 AM
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Re: Why do we have \"weeks\"?
[ QUOTE ]
The time for the earth to spin once is called a "day" The time for a moon phase is called a "month" (originally) The time for earths axis to cycle is called a "year". So where do weeks come from? The only thing i can think is the bible (on the 7th day...). That i hate religion has nothing to do with this though. It just strikes me as odd that we chose to make 7 days as some kind of cycle. Works weeks, etc. Far in the future (more than decades), how possible is it that "weeks" will cease to exist? [/ QUOTE ] Astronomically, 4 weeks is roughly the duration of the 4 phases of the moon (1st quarter, full, last quarter, new (no) moon). The names of the days correspond to the sun, the moon, and 5 of the planets, as can be seen if you know the names of the days in Spanish as well as English: Sunday: Sun day Monday: (Spanish Lunes) Moon day Tuesday: (Spanish Martes) Mars Wednesday: (Spanish Miercoles) Mercury Thursday: (Spanish Jueves) Jupiter Friday: (Spanish Viernes) Venus Saturday: Saturn
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#5
11-27-2005, 09:37 AM
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Re: Why do we have \"weeks\"?
it is due to the Simpsons only being able to be show at no more than 7 times during a week on most channels, and it can cause some hystericalinity.
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#6
11-29-2005, 10:58 PM
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Re: Why do we have \"weeks\"?
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] The time for the earth to spin once is called a "day" The time for a moon phase is called a "month" (originally) The time for earths axis to cycle is called a "year". So where do weeks come from? The only thing i can think is the bible (on the 7th day...). That i hate religion has nothing to do with this though. It just strikes me as odd that we chose to make 7 days as some kind of cycle. Works weeks, etc. Far in the future (more than decades), how possible is it that "weeks" will cease to exist? [/ QUOTE ] Astronomically, 4 weeks is roughly the duration of the 4 phases of the moon (1st quarter, full, last quarter, new (no) moon). The names of the days correspond to the sun, the moon, and 5 of the planets, as can be seen if you know the names of the days in Spanish as well as English: Sunday: Sun day Monday: (Spanish Lunes) Moon day Tuesday: (Spanish Martes) Mars Wednesday: (Spanish Miercoles) Mercury Thursday: (Spanish Jueves) Jupiter Friday: (Spanish Viernes) Venus Saturday: Saturn [/ QUOTE ] The English names come from Anglo-Saxon gods. In old English, Sunday - Sunne's day. (Sunne = Sunna being the goddess of the sun.) Monday - Moon day. Tuesday - Tiw's day. (Tiw = Tyr being the god of war.) Wednesday - Woden's day. (Woden = Odin being the god of dead.) Thursday - Thunor's day. (Thunor = Thor being the god of thunder.) Friday - Frige's day. (Frige = Freya being the god of love.) Saturday - Saturn's day. (The = refer to equivalent Norse gods).
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