and funny how the nonreligious can get all snicky about getting the “Sabbath” as a day of rest
The “Sabbath” is Saturday for Jews, so what day is it for the nonreligious?
What atheist or agnostic ideology declares the inherent right to a “Sabbath” and for what? To worship at the temple of WalMart?
The irreligious and modern atheists “get all snicky” as you put it about all sorts of things they inherited from Judaism or Christianity without realizing it (the expectation that the world is intelligible and regular in its workings, and thus empirical science is feasible; the modern notion of personhood; the modern notion of human rights, including equality before the law; the abolition of slavery; and yes, a day off every seven days, or maybe two — Sabbaton and Kyriaki, the sabbath and the Lord’s Day).
The rhythm of the seven day week with a sabbath seems to be genuinely good for human beings. The “rational” French Revolutionaries tried a calendar with divisions into ten days and it didn’t work.