Jewish, Christian, and Islam have a Sabbath.

Not sure what anyone else did.

t-3 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Lots of holidays, especially in places with multiple calendars (lunar/solar/etc).

	▲	throw0101a 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Lots of holidays, especially in places with multiple calendars (lunar/solar/etc). And in Catholic cultures (historically): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_day The English word "holiday" comes from "holy day" after all.

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Finnucane 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because Moses asked Pharaoh for a day off and Pharaoh said no, get back to work.

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dboreham 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not really a day of rest since you have to go to <place of worship>

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virtue3 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Considering what work looked like in even the 18th century it was indeed rest in comparison.

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Jensson 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Going to church is equivalent to watching tv, its not work.

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add-sub-mul-div 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Having to keep up social appearances within an accepted range and suppressing ideas and behavior that conflict with rules imposed by a religious organization does not sound relaxing to me like watching TV does. My white collar labor is less stressful to me than religious strictures would be.

	▲	throw1234567891 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		People didn’t have much more to do back then. There was no TV.