I got what you said, but I do not agree with you.
"The first day of the week" is the sunday, saturday/sabbat is the last.
The bible tells us that the women discovered the resurrection on this day, and the first letter to the Corinthians speaks of laying back money for others in need on this day.
Early Christian sources, long before Constantine, talk about breaking the bread on this day as a way to celebrate the resurrection.
The name sunday certainly IS pagan (Sun God), but of course, you have to name the days of the week in any way. There is no doubt that the Christians have always held this specific day as the day of the resurrection (if the resurrection took place is an entirely different question).
Even the date of easter can be named with accuracy due to the fact that it is connected to Pessach, unlike Christmas (that wasn't celebrated until hundreds of years later, and a convenient darte fixed, while "resurrection sunday" has been celebrated since the beginning of Christianity).
Btw, my country does not style itself "secular". The state rakes in tax money for the churches, religious education is mandatory at schools (or replacement education for non-believers like ethics) and important Christian holidays are national holidays (like those days around easter, 25. and 26. december, and some other ones).
Am I getting the best of two worlds? Certainly. I get the holidays and the money, but have no trouble with Christianity itself, because I regard it as a charming collection of myths and philosophy and outright lies.
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