Re: Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday?

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:59:21 GMT, lsenders@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Nov 25, 9:14=A0pm, Matthew Johnson <matthew_mem...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

SNIP

Among non-Protestants, the word for 'Saturday' often IS derived from 'Sab=
bath',


Actually the word comes from, "Saturn's Day." It is a pagan festival
which was synthesized, cleaned up, made to look respectable by the
Latin church.

You didn't read what he said.

Subotta has nothing to do with Saturn, but is derived from Sabbath.

and the word for Friday almost as often from "Preparation (Day for the
Sabbath)". Such is the case in Greek and Russian.

Actually, the day of preparation was Thursday at sun down. We mustn't
overlook the Jewish paradigm in all of this.

You what?

Methinks you are confusing Judaism and Islam.


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