Comments on: Retirement Week: A Solution to the Retirement Crisis http://onemoneydesign.com/blog/2009/10/22/retirement-week-a-solution-to-the-retirement-crisis/ Helping people find true financial freedom. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:11:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jane http://onemoneydesign.com/blog/2009/10/22/retirement-week-a-solution-to-the-retirement-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Jane Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:07:12 +0000 http://onemoneydesign.com/blog/?p=3232#comment-644 In the first century the median life expectancy in the Roman Empire was just a bit above age 20 and the median family income was substantially lower than the poorest Third World countries today. Is it really all that suprising that retirement wasn't really much of an issue when few lived into their 60s or 70s and the economics of the day meant virtually everyone had to work just to keep from starving? (That's not even counting the large number of people who were "servants"/slaves who has no possibility of not working.) The dramatic thing about Jewish and early Christian teaching was that it did make a case for the importance of weekly rest, the Sabbath, as well as several holy days throughout the year. Beyond that, your quote confuses me: "Does it mean that we never slow down? Of course not. Does it mean that we shouldn’t relax, take vacations, or enjoy leisure activities? No." Could you give a biblical citation about the divine approval/commandment of non-sabbath-related relaxations, vacations and leisure activities? Nothing really comes to mind to me. In the first century the median life expectancy in the Roman Empire was just a bit above age 20 and the median family income was substantially lower than the poorest Third World countries today. Is it really all that suprising that retirement wasn’t really much of an issue when few lived into their 60s or 70s and the economics of the day meant virtually everyone had to work just to keep from starving?

(That’s not even counting the large number of people who were “servants”/slaves who has no possibility of not working.)

The dramatic thing about Jewish and early Christian teaching was that it did make a case for the importance of weekly rest, the Sabbath, as well as several holy days throughout the year.

Beyond that, your quote confuses me:

“Does it mean that we never slow down? Of course not. Does it mean that we shouldn’t relax, take vacations, or enjoy leisure activities? No.”

Could you give a biblical citation about the divine approval/commandment of non-sabbath-related relaxations, vacations and leisure activities? Nothing really comes to mind to me.

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