Rest after Six Days' Work? Why Six? Why Not Eight? Eleven? Sixteen?

Yeah I think its very arbitrary and doesn't really bring great fruits of labor in the long term. It would be much better to have like ten days in the week, so that theres plenty of more time to get things done that you want to do. I've also heard people say that they want more hours in the day.

I am not familiar with that Adventists area, except for knowing that they rest on the seventh day. Although I am Catholic, I work whenever and whatever day work is available and rest as often as my body requires it. Although I must admit sometimes I way over do it and do not rest as much as I should. However, like any other religion, I will respect their ways, just as much as I wish others to respect mine. No need to convince anyone of which is better or not, live life as anyone of us see's fit.

Personally looking at it from the Bible perspective as I see it, when god created the Earth back in Genesis, it says on the seventh day he rested. For most of the christian world that means Sunday. That means time to go to church fellowship with others of like Faith and worship god. It also means a day to spend time with your family doing things you enjoy, and rest from things you can get done on other days. I used to think it meant not working on Sundays as well, but sometimes now in life you have no choice.

I don't know the Bible all that well but I would think that if God said to rest on the seventh day then he had a really good reason for it. From what I have learned so far everything in the Bible is there for a reason so I say if God said so then it is so. Do most of us honor that recommendation? NO! Do we suffer for it? I think so! I think their are medical and mental consequences for it as well as social. Why push ourselves for the sake of work, our work will always be there but our loved ones may not.

I think it is good to have this one day to reflect on the past 6 days that went by and look forward for the next 6 where we can improve ourselves even more.

The question which you are asking is really hard to understand and to answer,but i'll give you a theory about the bible.If you think about it why does the bible cost money to buy it,that means that it isn't meant for all to have it.Secons why do you have to pray in churches again the church to receive money.Why in the bible is said taht god created everything,well who created god then.Who/which created the big bang,what created the energy,there is no good answer to these questions.

i am not a 7th day Adventist but i suppose they are just following what God did during the creation..after the 6th day, on the 7th day exactly He rested ..i guess one day means one Earth day though debatable but since the Bible was written for us humans it is understandable that it could really meant one Earth day but personally i don't believe that time duration of creation..it should be thousands or millions of years i don't know the duration per that said 'one day' but that is my belief...i forgot to mention that the 7th day of creation is called the Sabbath which, today, is understood generally as a weekly day of rest and/or time of worship observed in Abrahamic religions and other practices..and the 7th day for Adventists fall on a Saturday. Genesis 2:2-3 (King James Version) 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Don't know of a definite reason - God has not told us. One option could be that the 6+1 equals seven. Seven is often used in scripture to show perfection, completion or fullness. That would make sense in terms of creation.

I have never really understood that one myself. I think that a lot of that is just what people wanted to hear. Maybe it was so that people could plan on when they would get together for worship. If everyone were on a different schedule, that might not be an option. That was just a control mechanism to keep the people mollified so they could get them together on Sundays (or Saturdays?) to brainwash them a little further. I think that the way it is today, people do what they (or their employers) want them to and it doesn't matter what their church says. I remember the first time I had to work on a Sunday I felt really bad about it because I had always heard that you weren't supposed to work on "the Lord's day". Well now, it doesn't bother me any more because I don't follow any religion. I think that the "day of rest" should come when you need it to refresh you body so that you can function well for the next time period, whether it be a week or three days or whatever. I hope this fits your thinking. Have a great day!

I believe that the allocation of the "rest day" after six days of work is primarily Biblical as can be gleaned from the Book of Genesis which narrates the Creation Story. The question is: Why not eight, eleven or sixteen? The answer is: it is written in the Bible that "rest" takes place after the sixth day. But why do we have to believe what is written in the Bible? For me, it is a personal choice and a personal faith of the person. There could be hundreds of reasons, but the bottom line of it all is FAITH which is unique, personal and prerogative of the individual. Quite intriguing question, mythociate. Good day.