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> But I don’t think I’m over-romanticising to suggest that just as there is something psychologically corrosive about the fact that the lawyer can always bill a
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
> But I don’t think I’m over-romanticising to suggest that just as there is something psychologically corrosive about the fact that the lawyer can always bill another six minutes, there is something psychologically healthy about the fact that the farmer can sometimes rest assured that there is nothing useful to be done until the morning.
This sense of a “forced” break from work, reminds me of the Jewish concept of the Sabbath.
You were literally forbidden from productive work, 1 day a week.
So this forced time for reflection, spiritual care, and time with family.
- jrochkind1 4y ago"were"? There's still Jews who do this of course!
- adamzerner 4y agoRelated: Bring Back the Sabbath (https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/bring-back-the-sabbath/ https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/bring-back-the-sabba...)
- pure_simplicity 4y agoAs are some Christian denominations such as seventh-day baptists and seventh-day adventists (and some lesser known ones).
- blendergeek 4y agoAnd many Christians observe a sabath day's rest on Sunday.
- InefficientRed 4y agoThe loss of the sabbath in Christianity really puts a limelight on the dark side of grace. Rest is for eternity; clock back in.
- humanrebar 4y agoA lot of Christians still do some sort of Sabbath. It could be a sin to skip the Sabbath, even, depending on the theology. But the definition of sin in some theologies can be quite broad, personal, and circumstantial.
- usrn 4y agoWe weren't really told it was a sin I guess but that it was more honorable or optimal to not do anything except reflect and socialize on Sunday? It's not as extreme as what my great grandmother talks about where they really did nothing on Sunday. She was an atheist too so there definitely was a shift in American culture here.
- invalidOrTaken 4y agoAs a Christian who observes the Sabbath---is this not common among Christians? (I am genuinely asking, somewhat disconnected from the wider world of Christianity)
- InefficientRed 4y agoNot at all, at least in the USA.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoChristianity hasn’t lost the sabbath, the idea of the sabbath got steamrolled by a consumerist culture.
- InefficientRed 4y agoThat's either a silly tautology or false. Jews live in the exact same "consumerist society", but did not lose the sabbath. Even the most progressive Jews I know rest on the sabbath in some form or another.
- mensetmanusman 4y ago