The Naming of the Days of the Week.

The Naming of the Days

The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theon hemerai "days of the Gods". The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two pantheons are very similar.) The Germanic peoples generally substituted roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya (Fria), but did not substitute Saturn.

Sunday -- Sun's day

Middle English sone(n)day or sun(nen)day
Old English sunnandæg "day of the sun"
Germanic sunnon-dagaz "day of the sun"
Latin dies solis "day of the sun"
Ancient Greek hemera heli(o)u, "day of the sun"

Monday -- Moon's day

Middle English monday or mone(n)day
Old English mon(an)dæg "day of the moon"
Latin dies lunae "day of the moon"
Ancient Greek hemera selenes "day of the moon"

Tuesday -- Tiu's day

Middle English tiwesday or tewesday
Old English tiwesdæg "Tiw's (Tiu's) day"
Latin dies Martis "day of Mars"
Ancient Greek hemera Areos "day of Ares"

Tiu (Twia) is the English/Germanic god of war and the sky. He is identified with the Norse god Tyr. Mars is the Roman god of war. Ares is the Greek god of war.

Wednesday -- Woden's day

Middle English wodnesday, wednesday, or wednesdai
Old English wodnesdæg "Woden's day"
Latin dies Mercurii "day of Mercury"
Ancient Greek hemera Hermu "day of Hermes"

Woden is the chief Anglo-Saxon/Teutonic god. Woden is the leader of the Wild Hunt. Woden is from wod "violently insane" + -en "headship". He is identified with the Norse Odin. Mercury is the Roman god of commerce, travel, theivery, eloquence and science. He is the messenger of the other gods. Hermes is the Greek god of commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. He is the messenger and herald of the other gods. He serves as patron of travelers and rogues, and as the conductor of the dead to Hades.

Thursday -- Thor's day

Middle English thur(e)sday
Old English thursdæg
Old Norse thorsdagr "Thor's day"
Old English thunresdæg "thunder's day"
Latin dies Jovis "day of Jupiter"
Ancient Greek hemera Dios "day of Zeus".
Thor is the Norse god of thunder. He is represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Miölnir. He is the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent. Jupiter (Jove) is the supreme Roman god and patron of the Roman state. He is noted for creating thunder and lightning. Zeus is Greek god of the heavens and the supreme Greek god.

Friday -- Freya's day

Middle English fridai
Old English frigedæg "Freya's day"
composed of Frige (genetive singular of Freo) + dæg "day" (most likely)
or composed of Frig "Frigg" + dæg "day" (least likely)
Germanic frije-dagaz "Freya's (or Frigg's) day"
Latin dies Veneris "Venus's day"
Ancient Greek hemera Aphrodites "day of Aphrodite"

Freo is identical with freo, meaning free. It is from the Germanic frijaz meaning "beloved, belonging to the loved ones, not in bondage, free". Freya (Fria) is the Teutonic goddess of love, beauty, and fecundity (prolific procreation). She is identified with the Norse god Freya. She is leader of the Valkyries and one of the Vanir. She is confused in Germany with Frigg. Frigg (Frigga) is the Teutonic goddess of clouds, the sky, and conjugal (married) love. She is identified with Frigg, the Norse goddess of love and the heavens and the wife of Odin. She is one of the Aesir. She is confused in Germany with Freya. Venus is the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Aphrodite (Cytherea) is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

Saturday -- Saturn's day

Middle English saterday
Old English sæter(nes)dæg "Saturn's day"
Latin dies Saturni "day of Saturn"
Ancient Greek hemera Khronu "day of Cronus"

Saturn is the Roman and Italic god of agriculture and the consort of Ops. He is believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue. Cronus (Kronos, Cronos) is the Greek god (Titan) who ruled the universe until dethroned by his son Zeus.

Why Christmas?

As most of us know, Christmas is biggest day of the year. More people are stressed to fulfill a year long obligation to give the best gift ever. If this is the best time of year, why do most of us put ourselves in debt to make someone else rich while we struggle going into the next year. As God remains faithful in sustaining us, we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot fulfilling a unattainable fulfillment of joy in one day.

Remember opening your gift as a child? A gift you waited for all year to get? Once Christ has passed, new year's come and spring approaches, that gift has lost its significance as you look forward to Christmas all over again. Well think about being the giver and it seems like your gifts are never enough. It seems like nothing is big enough, strong enough and seems you cannot never others happy. Well, that's what Christmas is all about. Why Christmas? Why not everyday, do something special like kiss your child and encourage them. Eat together, pray together, laugh together, watch movies together, read together, learn together, scratch each others back, taking time to die for another.

Christmas is a selfish reminder of why most of us do not do kind things throughout the year. The pressures of corporate establishments to spend your to make them rich, is sometimes unbearable. We are exposed to marketing strategies that through a loop in our plans and keep us focused on meaningless celebrations. Easter, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas and I must include "Black Friday." There is nothing wrong with experiencing holiday socialism, being able to meet people, getting out and being festive, but let's not loose focus of our purpose to have life and life more abundantly. Jesus said, His yoke is easy and His burdens are light. So why are the burdens of His celebrations so burdensome. Anyway, I can explain all day of the truth behind every holiday we observe, but many of us won't listen or don't want to listen. We are afraid of the truth and afraid of change.

Why Christmas? May be we need to feel American or good enough to be blessed by God. I don't know, but what I do know is that I will no longer be controlled by marketing events that takes from me and never gives back. My hope is in God no matter what man's truth is. I do my best to be Christ-Like (Jesus) everday to make sure that I am blessed year round by God. I believe that if I give with a good heart, to God first, my returns will be and are eternal. My hope is in my children's success and principle I teach them by being more involved in their lives and not focused on being worldly like. I hate this world's attitude, but there are so many beautiful things I enjoy about it, but those things cannot be bought. God Bless.

December 25 is the birth of Tammuz (the son of Nimrod and Samaramis) and this date was chosen before the time of Christ. So what does everyone accept this date for Christmas and celebrate it as the time for the birth of the Messiah? Every country in the world! Even communist countries accept this date. It's not because they are worshiping the true Christ, they are adoring the A/C.

Why Pay for Freedom (501c3)

Religion cannot be free if you have to pay the government, through taxation, to exercise it. Since churches aren’t taxable in the first place, why do so many of them go to the IRS and seek permission to be tax-exempt? It occurs out of:

· Ignorance (“We didn’t know any better”)

· Bandwagon logic (“Everyone else is doing it “)

· Professional advice (many attorneys and CPAs recommend it)

 

Does the law require, or even encourage, a church to organize as a 501c3? To answer that question let’s turn to what the IRS itself has to say.

Churches Need Not Apply

 

In order to be considered for tax-exempt status by the IRS, an organization must fill out and submit IRS Form 1023 and 1024. However, note what the IRS says regarding churches and church ministries, in Publication 557

Some organizations are not required to file Form 1023.

These include:

Churches, interchurch organizations of local units of a church, conventions or associations of churches, or integrated auxiliaries of a church, such as a men’s or women’s organization, religious school, mission society, or youth group. These organizations are exempt automatically if they meet the requirements of section 501(c)(3).

 

The Court asserts that an exempt organization (one that has become a 501c3) must “demonstrably serve and be in harmony with the public interest,” must have a purpose that comports with “the common community conscience,” and must not act in a manner “affirmatively at odds with the declared position of the whole Government.” Taken together, these passages suggest that the primary function of a tax-exempt organization is to act on behalf of the Government in carrying out governmentally approved policies.
When a church accepts the 501c3 status, that church:

· Waives its freedom of speech

· Waives its freedom of religion

· Waives its right to influence legislators and the legislation they craft.

· Waives its constitutionally guaranteed rights.

· Is no longer free to speak to the vital issues of the day.

· It’s controlled with fear, if it doesn’t following IRS guidelines it will lose its tax-exempt status.

· Becomes a State-Church.

One need not look far to see that the church’s acceptance of the 501c3, and its significant restrictions, has had devastating consequences to not only the church, but to the entire nation.

To say the least, this takes away the purpose of the Church. If we are not able to speak against our enemies and prepare people for the coming of the Anti-Christ, then what good are we to become owned by the state and it's demonic services to the evil one.

New School Behavior

A school district in Maine is apologizing after middle school students learned about homosexual foreplay during what was supposed to be a “Diversity Day” presentation.
“I don’t want my child taught heterosexual foreplay, let alone homosexual foreplay,” outraged parent Kristy Howard told Fox News.

The principal of Gorham Middle School sent a letter to parents apologizing for the graphic nature of the presentation by PRYSM, Proud Rainbow Youth of Southern Maine.
“They went beyond the scope of our intentions and discussed topics that we do not deem appropriate for our middle school,” Robert Riley wrote in a letter obtained by The American Journal. “We do not intend to expose them to ideas that are not within the scope of our teaching about responsible citizenship as it is embedded in our code of conduct.”

The incident occurred two weeks before the state voted to approve gay marriage – and involved a classroom of 25 eighth graders. Howard’s 13-year-old son was one of those who came home shocked by the presentation’s graphic nature. “They were talking about sex and if you didn’t have a condom – saran wrap could be used in place of a dental dam,” Howard told Fox News. “It was all new to me.”

What are we talking about?

Everyday seem to have its own life, sometimes one we did not dream about. Everyday is a day of salvation, an opportunity to improve and do something great. Not everyone, but many of us piggy-back on someone else dreams, emotions, trials and opinion. With social networking, texting, news, we become entrapped in the middle of a spaghetti highway trying to maintain our own limits. However, sometimes the limits of others dictate how we are going to navigate through our days.

We sometimes engage in conversations that we have little understanding of. Barbershop, bubbler and conference room convo's allow us to partake in the daily stop and speak and be apart of our group and act like you have the answers.

So, what are we talking about these days. No matter what, there is a great storm coming that cannot be stopped. We know something's wrong, but we just don't know what it is. Many of us get by on our materialism and our fashions for being successful. What are the real conversation about. More than just "The Bad Girls Club," "Basketball Wives," the game, the news, the lottery, tragedy or some entertaining broadcast that will never change none of us. Anyway, the real thoughts are criticized, pushed aside and forsaken because it interferes with our daily American ability to feel free and  causes us to think beyond our lazy behavior and ambition to stay one dimensional.

With this blog I want to get to some issues before we experience this shift in time and convenience. God is ready for soldiers, but there aren't many soldiers for God.