If you're going to go by the religious thing, this is how it happened.
God made the Earth in 6 days and then rested on the 7th. Now the first day of Creation was Sunday and the last day, Saturday, was the day that He rested. This was why the Jews rested on Saturday (it was the day that God took off after doing His lil' project.........ya know, the whole universe).
The day of rest changed, however, when Jesus came around. We all just had Good Friday and Easter, right? Those are the reasons we now have our day of rest on Sunday. Christ died on Friday and then rose on Sunday. Just as He experienced His revieval on Sunday, it was thought that we should, too. What with our society holding its roots in Judeo-Chrisitainity, that is why we have Sunday as our day of rest.
Now, the debate still remains as to whether we should start the week with the day of rest or end it. Apparently, rest comes before work, so it's all good.
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