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I'm not sure what the statement "religious backlash" in other comments on this page are in reference to, but modifying the week length would certainly be the mo
by notdonspaulding 13y ago
I'm not sure what the statement "religious backlash" in other comments on this page are in reference to, but modifying the week length would certainly be the most disruptive to the vast majority of the world's religious people. Less so if you kept "Saturday" and "Sunday" as weekend days-off, but probably still enough to encounter significant resistance.
- toyg 12y agoIt's basically what stopped a good reform from being introduced by the League of Nations: "Thus, once or twice a year there would be eight days rather than seven between consecutive Saturdays. Thus the Jewish Sabbath, which must occur every seventh day, would be on a different weekday each year. The same applies to the Christian Sabbath. [British Chief Rabbi] Hertz realised that this would cause problems for Jews and Christians alike in observing their Sabbaths, and mobilised worldwide religious opposition to defeat the proposal." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hertz#Calendar_reform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hertz#Calendar_reform