Day 2,555 —Beautiful Day and Happy Day of the Sun (Sunday)— (with a picture of Tree on the Chubb Trail)

I got a late start, but it was a fun run. I kept thinking I would try to push for more, but once it was the afternoon, I just wanted to go home and eat some food. I don’t know what I am going to do about the KT82 that I signed up for. I am slowly realizing now I cannot do this one on my own, without orchestrating food and supplies and someone to drive me home. I hope I can find someone willing to help me out. My wife would normally, but she has our small child to take care of and driving three hours to pick me up is a lot of time in the car for a small child. If you are a Christian, you might find what I write below to challenge your world view, which may upset you. I know most people who have never studied early religions, may find what I say below to be shocking. It might be easier for you to learn this information by studying early sun gods like Sol Invictus on your own. I hope you have a great Sunday, no matter how you might celebrate it.  

Sunday means, “day of sun.” The Germanic term refers directly to the Roman sun god Sol Invictus, which was the official religion of the Romans before Christianity was adopted. Sol Invictus was often depicted with long brown hair, and a sun disc behind his head. Sol Invictus had an annual festival on December 25. Worship of the sun overlapped with Christianity for hundreds of years, so much in fact that Pope Leo the Great remarked in 440-461(CE) that many people stood in front of St. Peter’s in Rome, “and pay homage to the sun by obeisance and prayers.” 

I have always thought it was strange that so much religious history is wrapped up in a day named after the sun, not a Jewish or Christian deity, but the literal sun. This might not seem strange to you if you view the days of the week to correspond with the planets, but that is not a reasonable understanding of how etymology works. It is clear that the names of the week corresponded with popular deities, not planets that common people would only recognize because they correspond with popular deities. 

Later, Christians claimed the day and to explain why they said the day was a continuation of the Jewish day of Sabbath; however, Sabbath went from Friday night through Saturday, but that isn’t something that early scholars’ thought was of importance. They usually try to argue that day the week starts is why there is a difference of a day. To me the importance is the name, which is literally translated to “day of sun,” so I am unsure why Christians feel like the day holds any significance to their religion in regard to etymology, unless they are suggesting there might be a relationship with the early sun god Sol Invictus and their savior. 

This is a huge topic and there is a lot of other sun gods that Sunday might be referencing. My point is simply that each day of the week is a reference to a specific deity of the time, and Sunday is not an exception. The problem with claiming that this day has something to do with Christianity is that the name predates their religion. I think Sol Invictus is a likely candidate. After all Constantine did decree that “On the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed.” It appears to me that he is trying to bring two divergent religions together. 

Regardless of how you might have spent your day. I hope you have a good one! The weather was spectacular today.