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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:06 PM
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Where's the outrage? Pagan days of the week!
How can any Christian use the days of the week without protest? Look at them -- they are a total attack on Christianity:

Tuesday -- the day of Tir, the wargod of the ancient Skandinavians

Wednesday -- named after Woden, the king of the gods in the same pagan pantheon, who was worshipped by torture!

Thursday -- the day of Thor, the god of technology in the same pagan religion

Friday -- named for Frey or Freya, another Skandinavian cross-dressing god-goddess.

Saturday -- after Saturn, the wisdom-God of the Christian-murdering Romans.

Sunday and Monday -- named for Sol Invictus and Luna, the personifications of the celestrial bodies in the Roman pantheon.

How can good Christian people live in a society that poisons the minds of children by constantly "honoring" these evil pagan gods? It is time for Christians to wake up and withdraw from this evil society, since it is beyond hope. New names for the days of the week will be necessary. Should they be named after apostles? Prophets? Saints? .....

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Technowitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:10 PM
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1. Hate to break it to you, but ALL of the Christian high 'holy' days...
...were taken from other religions.

Thus, Yule became Christmas.

Samhain became 'All Hallows Eve' (just a prelude to 'all saints day')

Beltane became Easter (rabbits and eggs? fertility symbols, dude)

It goes on and on. Every time there was a traditional pagan holiday, the Roman Catholic Church absconded with it and transformed it into something else.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:51 PM
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10. Bring back Samhain!
I've read that one was a lot of fun.

Redstone
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 10:35 PM
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19. Don't forget Mithra.
The god with roots in Persia and worshipped widely through the Roman Empire who was born Dec. 25 of a virgin mother. His birth was witnessed by Magi and sheperds and he performed the miracle of raising the dead, healing the sick and casting out demons.
He also held a last supper.
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:16 PM
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2. LOL!!! Don't give them ideas!
They might name the days after what is really important to them, like Embryo-day, No-homos-Day and (yikes) bushday.

And while we're on the subject,I say it's time to put the PAGAN back in Christmas. The winter solstice was always a PAGAN holiday, the Christians stole it.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:20 PM
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4. Why would I Want to celebrate Embryo-day, No-Homos Day?
Pagans can celebrate that day still, I ain't stoppin em.
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:55 PM
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12. Fer sure.
During my ten years as a born-again, I was really upset about how secular "Christian" holidays are. As a pagan, I enjoy those holidays so much more!
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:19 PM
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3. what about the planets too
and How/why did the Scandahoovians get to name most of the days?

Also Thor is not the god of technology, as Mjollnor could tell you. Auf Deutsch that day is called Donnerstag - Thunder day.

You've been thunderstruck!
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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 05:15 PM
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16. Donner was the smith --
that's about the technology they had back then.

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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:22 PM
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5. The days of the week are just a theory
I think we need to teach a biblical alternative in which there are no days of the week
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:33 PM
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7. You non-Bible reading heathen! Start at the beginning....
The seven days are found in Genesis. We just need to come up with some snappy, non-pagan names.

From "Light Day" to "Rest Day"???

Here's a link to the King James Version. Have at it, creative types!

www.bartleby.com/108/01/1.html#S1
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:31 PM
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6. The 'Romance Language' Days of the Week Have Pagan Names, Too
Edited on Fri Feb-18-05 03:31 PM by Sporadicus
en Français:

lundi - from luna, the moon

mardi - from Mars, Roman god of war

mercredi - from Mercury, Roman god of speed

jeudi - from Jupiter, chief among Roman gods

vendredi - from Venus, Roman god of love

samedi - from Saturn, the Roman god of fertility, like English & some Germanic languages

dimanche - from dies solis, Latin for 'the sun's day' (the link with the sun has been broken in French, but it retains a vestige of its Latin origins)
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:42 PM
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8. In Spanish it is similar...
lunes
martes
miercoles
jueves
viernes
sabado
domingo

all of these have the same origin of the french ones.
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:51 PM
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11. I Stuck With the French, Since It's What I Know
besides, it pisses off freepers :evilgrin:
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Eyeball Kid Donating Member (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 10:28 PM
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18. I was told back in jr high
that vendredi came from vendre, to sell, i.e. Friday was a market day.

Or, my French teacher could've been blowing smoke up my ass. Wouldn't have been the first time. :silly:

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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 03:49 PM
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9. What about the names of the months!!!!!!!
Edited on Fri Feb-18-05 03:52 PM by BrklynLiberal
Also based on pagan gods names and/or ancient roman emperor or numbers

# January: Janus, Roman god of doors, beginnings, sunset and sunrise, had one face looking forward and one backward,
# February: On February 15 the Romans celebrated the festival of forgiveness for sins; (februare, Latin to purify),
# March: Mars, the Roman god of war,
# April: Roman month Aprilis, perhaps derived from aperire, (Latin to open, as in opening buds and blossoms) or perhaps from Aphrodite, original Greek name of Venus,
# May: Maia, Roman goddess, mother of Mercury by Jupiter and daughter of Atlas,
# June: Juno, chief Roman goddess,
# July: Renamed for Julius Caesar in 44 BC, who was born this month; Quintilis, Latin for fifth month, was the former name (the Roman year began in March rather than January),
# August: Formerly Sextilis (sixth month in the Roman calendar); re-named in 8 BC for Augustus Caesar,
# September: September, (septem, Latin for 7) the seventh month in the Julian or Roman calendar, established in the reign of Julius Caesar,
# October: Eighth month (octo, Latin for 8) in the Julian (Roman) calendar. The Gregorian calendar instituted by Pope Gregory XIII established January as the first month of the year,
# November: Ninth Roman month (novem, Latin for 9). Catholic countries adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, skipping 10 days that October, correcting for too many leap years,
# December: Julian (Roman) year's tenth month (decem, Latin for 10
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rogerashton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 05:17 PM
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17. July, after the Divine Julius!
His deification was announced by a comet. You gonna argue with a comet?
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 04:00 PM
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13. As a bow to the fundies, let's just abolish MONDAY!
I'll never miss it.
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jswordy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 04:15 PM
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14. PAGANS ROCK!!!!
:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
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LibertyLover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 04:50 PM
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15. Bring back
the snakes . . . Ireland was better off pagan!
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