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To: editor-surveyor
Yeshua’s present day remnant have returned to proper sabbath respect, while the lost will of course continue with their pagan nonsense on sunday, the day of the sun god Baal.

The name of the day of the week that we call Sunday in the English language has nothing at all to do with the sun god Baal, its roots are from the old Germanic and Norse languages that make up the core roots of the English language.

Sunday: Old English Sunnandæg (pronounced [sun.nan.dæg] or [sun.nan.dæj), meaning "sun's day". This is a translation of the Latin phrase dies Solis. English, like most of the Germanic languages, preserves the original pagan/sun associations of the day. Many other European languages, including all of the Romance languages, have changed its name to the equivalent of "the Lord's day" (based on Ecclesiastical Latin dies Dominica). In both West Germanic and North Germanic mythology the Sun is personified as a goddess, Sunna/Sól.

Monday: Old English Mōnandæg (pronounced [mon.nan.dæg] or [mon.nan.dæj'), meaning "Moon's day". This is likely based on a translation of the Latin name dies lunae. In North Germanic mythology, the Moon is personified as a god, Máni.

Tuesday: Old English Tīwesdæg (pronounced [ti.wes.dæg] or [ti.wes.dæj], meaning "Tiw's day." Tiw (Norse Týr) was a one-handed god associated with single combat and pledges in Norse mythology and also attested prominently in wider Germanic paganism. The name of the day is based on Latin dies Martis, "Day of Mars" (the Roman war god).

Wednesday: Old English Wōdnesdæg (pronounced [woːd.nes.dæg] or [woːd.nes.dæj) meaning the day of the Germanic god Wodan (known as Óðinn among the North Germanic peoples), and a prominent god of the Anglo-Saxons (and other Germanic peoples) in England until about the seventh century. It is based on Latin dies Mercurii, "Day of Mercury". The connection between Mercury and Odin is more strained than the other syncretic connections. The usual explanation is that both Wodan and Mercury were considered psychopomps, or leaders of souls, in their respective mythologies; both are also associated with poetic and musical inspiration. The Icelandic Miðviku, German Mittwoch and Finnish keskiviikko all mean 'mid-week'.

Thursday: Old English Þūnresdæg (pronounced [θuːn.res.dæg] or [θuːn.res.dæj]), meaning 'Þunor's day'. Þunor means thunder or its personification, the Norse god known in Modern English as Thor. Similarly German Donnerstag ('thunder's day') and Scandinavian Torsdag ('Thor's day'). Thor's day corresponds to Latin dies Iovis, "day of Jupiter", the chief of the Roman gods, wielder of the thunderbolt.

Friday: Old English Frīgedæg (pronounced [fri.je.dæg] or [fri.je.dæj]), meaning the day of the Norse goddess Fríge. The Norse name for the planet Venus was Friggjarstjarna, 'Frigg's star'. It is based on the Latin dies Veneris, "Day of Venus". Venus was the Roman goddess of beauty, love and sex.

Saturday: the only day of the week to retain its Roman origin in English, named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many Olympians. Its original Anglo-Saxon rendering was Sæturnesdæg (pronounced [sæ.tur.nes.dæg] or [sæ.tur.nes.dæj]). In Latin it was dies Saturni, "Day of Saturn". The Scandinavian Lørdag/Lördag deviates significantly as it has no reference to either the Norse or the Roman pantheon; it derives from old Norse laugardagr, literally 'washing-day'.

So in reality, the only day of the week in the English language that has a pagan Roman origin is “Saturday”. In the Hebrew language the 7th day of the week (Saturday) is called “yom Shabbat” and in Ecclesiastical Latin (the official language of the Catholic Church) it is called “sabbatum”. So in other words if one worships the Sabbith on Saturday, are you not then paying homage to the Roman god Saturn? (No, of course not).

The rest of the names of the days of the week are Germanic in origin. But then you are the person who claims that 1/3 of all words in the English language are Hebrew in origin. I’m still waiting for you to provide any proof to that claim….. waiting….waiting…..

Sabbath worship continued until the terrorist thug Constantine turned his army against them.

But yet if it hadn’t been for the Roman Emperor Constantine “converting” to Christianity and spreading Christianity throughout the vast Roman empire , whether his conversion was completely sincerely or not, Christianity would have been a foot note in history, a minor “cult” of Middle Eastern origin and Jesus listed among the many other “Messiahs” of the first century like Simon of Peraea, Athronges and Vespasian. And people of Western European origins like us, might well today be celebrating Wednesday or “Wōdnesdæg” as the most holy day of the week and paying homage to our god Óðinn.

167 posted on 12/27/2012 6:48:09 AM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: MD Expat in PA

You just proved my point.


170 posted on 12/27/2012 11:25:13 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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