Why don't Fundies object to names of days of the week?

[Bonobo]

Moon's Day
Tyr's Day
Wotan's Day
Thor's Day
Freyja's Day
Satrun's Day
Sun's Day

[skipos]

1. Please don't give them any ideas! nt

[BlooInBloo]

3. No please DO give them more ideas! I haven't had my laughoftheweek!

[rucky]

2. I was just discussing this with a fundie last Ezekielday! n/t

[caledesi]

4. I already asked my step-daughter who got nabbed by

Jehovah Witnesses this. See, they don't celebrate holidays because they are pagan.

So I asked her about the days of the week and she stood there with this confused look, (like gee, no one ever mentioned that they were of pagan origin). She said she would have to ask her "elder" about it.

Later, after talking with elder, she said that the days of the week are okay bec they are necessary for daily communication etc.

What a crock!

[BlooInBloo]

5. Wotan = Wodin = Odin, right?

[DrDebug]

8. Yep

[BlooInBloo]

9. k - thx!

[uppityperson]

10. Why do you think it is called "hump day"?

War on Mondays!

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. Cuz they're dumb as posts.

They can only stay angry about one thing at a time. :dunce:

[begley]

7. Tradition.

Like Christmas, they should be left alone.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. Somebody's not letting Christmas alone?

That's news to me.

[Burning Water]

11. Maybe they aren't

as stupid as we like to think.

Maybe they are more focused on getting their agenda enacted than they are on insignificant symbols like this. Especially as they have been around for millenia, not just the past 40-60 years.

Maybe they are not easily distracted from their aims.

Maybe we could learn something from them in this regard.

Just a thought.

[KittyWampus]

12. Your post was one of the most insightful I've read on DU in a LONG time

[Burning Water]

15. Thank you. n/t

[Sinti]

13. They don't know they should, they're not allowed to read that stuff. n/t

[dalaigh lllama]

14. The same reason they get their shorts in a bunch

over Hallowe'en while it never occurs to them to wonder why "Easter" is caled "Easter" and is celebrated with bunnies and eggs. They're not big on anything approaching actual research. It's...um...too scientific.

[QC]

16. The Quakers used to object to those names as pagan.

That's why they referred to the days at First Day, Second Day, etc. They also named the months the same way.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. The Catholic Church actually did, centuries ago. Only Portugal complied.

And even they did not comply totally. Names of week days in Portuguese are:

Domingo
Segunda-feira (second fair)
Terça-feira (third fair)
Quarta-feira (I'm sure you get the drill by now)
Quinta-feira
Sexta-feira
Sábado

Note that Sunday and Saturday were left alone.