And it also doesn't say anything about doing errands on the Sabbath, which causes people to work in the stores in order for it to happen. Just think. The world would fall flat if everyone in it used a specific day as THE day as a day of rest. The op is the reason why people think Christianity is a cult with a bunch of nonsense, brainwashing rules.
Germany’s Quiet Sundays’
For Germans, whether religious or otherwise, Sunday is a sacred day of rest.
That’s what the Wall Street Journal said in its Life & Style section on March 23.
“Germany holds to much the same Monday-to-Friday workweek rhythm as the rest of the world,
but on Sundays it skips a beat,” wrote Frankfurt-based assistant news editor Sarah Sloat in her article
From the WSJ Expat Blog: Germany’s Quiet Sundays - WSJ
She continues:
This uber-efficient country, which puts more restrictions on Sunday activities than nearly all of
its neighbors, nearly shuts down. …Opening Sundays to shopping is fiercely resisted .…
Efforts by retailers and businesses to loosen the rules have also been unsuccessful.
But a blanket prohibition was lifted in 2006, when states were allowed to designate a certain number
of Sundays as open for shopping. In Hesse, where Frankfurt is located, four are permitted each year.
So normal labor and commerce are tightly restricted on Sundays. But what if residents want to spend
their Sunday doing yard work around their homes? Sloat answers this:
Laws regulating shopping hours and noise levels mean stores shut, lawnmowers fall silent, and woe
unto him who flips the switch on an electric tool. … Sonntagsruhe is one term they use.
It simply means “Sunday rest.”
Anyone considering undertaking outdoor chores or home improvements will be in for a surprise.
Regulations limit noise levels, forbidding the use of electric tools like drills and leaf blowers, as well as h
ammering, sawing and loud music. At recycling containers, it’s even prohibited to throw away glass jars
and bottles on Sunday because of the noise. Heavy trucks are banned from German roads on Sunday …
to relieve streets and cities of noise and traffic, and to give drivers a break.
The wsj article makes only a passing and vague mention of the influence of “churches” on Germany’s
reverence for Sundays. But there is one specific church which lies at the very heart of why Germany
“skips a beat” on Sundays: Roman Catholicism.
the Brussels-based European Sunday Alliance, a network of dozens of religious and nonreligious
organizations from 27 European nations whose purpose, according to its website,
is to “raise awareness of the unique value of synchronized free time for our European societies.”
At the helm of these crusaders for Sunday rest is the Roman Catholic Church.
On March 3, the European Sunday Alliance met in Brussels with politicians from all around
the European Union for a “Call for Action” about banning Sunday work.
European Sunday Alliance - First European Interest Group WORK-LIFE BALANCE launched!
The press release for the meeting says:
Stop Sunday Work Now! … Europe is not only an economic but also a social and cultural community. …
The “economization” of Sundays and public holidays deepens social divisions at the expense of
workers and their families. The common weekly day of rest is a clear and visible sign for the
reconciliation of personal, family and professional life. … We need a Europe-wide Sunday protection. …
[T]he European Sunday Alliance draws attention to Sunday as the common weekly day of rest
which enables EU citizens to live their citizenship together.
Why does this Sunday alliance exist and work so arduously to influence Europe’s labor laws?
Why is the Catholic Church so adamant about instituting a Continent-wide day of rest?
And why must it be Sunday instead of another day of the week?
In large part, it is because it was the Catholic Church—in intentional violation of biblical teachings
—that appointed Sunday as a day of rest and worship. The Vatican is proud of the success it had
in this colossal feat, and Sunday rest has become a mark of the Catholic Church’s authority.
