Flat Earth Theory.

[Apple Sky]

There are no painkillers, no antibiotics, no antidepressants; God didn't tell us that he created them.

But God did create all the trees, plants & shrubs for our medicinal use.

 

[trophy33]

I agree. Strange it is. This is the influence paganism has on our culture. Personally I would prefer the biblical naming system for months & days but it wouldn’t be practical here, so it’s what we are (or at least I am) stuck with.

It seems to me that the parts of Europe under the Roman catholic influence stayed with the Roman names (French, English, Germans etc) while the countries influenced by the eastern church (mostly Slavic countries) created their own Slavic names for days and months in their languages.

However, the names of planets are probably universal.

 

[Apple Sky]

I would prefer the biblical naming system for months & days

And me, if you could rename them what would you choose ?

 

[Phil G]

And me, if you could rename them what would you choose ?

I'd stick with Scripture, the months as they are here:

Hebrew Calendar - Meaning & Verses | Bible Encyclopedia

Study the meaning of Hebrew Calendar in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Learn more about the biblical context and references of Hebrew Calendar.

www.biblestudytools.com

And the days as they are in Genesis, First Day, Second Day etc until the seventh, Sabbath

How about you?

 

[Strong in Him]

But God did create all the trees, plants & shrubs for our medicinal use.

Even if he did, and I can't think of the verse/passage offhand, it doesn't specifically say, "then God created antibiotics". He gave us the ability to discover these things.
The argument seemed to be that because planets are not mentioned in Genesis 1, there aren't any. Dragonflies, ladybirds, spiders, cats, dogs, hamsters etc aren't mentioned in Genesis 1; does that mean they don't exist?

 

[prodromos]

There are no planets, God never states in the creation account in Genesis 1 that He created planets. God states He created the sun, moon and stars all lights

Then there are no kangaroos, echidnas or platypus. The creation account in Genesis never mentions that God created egg laying mammals or animals that carry their young in a pouch and hop everywhere.

 

[Phil G]

Then there are no kangaroos, echidnas or platypus. The creation account in Genesis never mentions that God created egg laying mammals or animals that carry their young in a pouch and hop everywhere.

Or bacteria or fingerprints. I always find it a bit odd to say the Bible doesn’t mention it therefore it doesn’t exist.

 

[Apple Sky]

It seems to me that the parts of Europe under the Roman catholic influence stayed with the Roman names (French, English, Germans etc) while the countries influenced by the eastern church (mostly Slavic countries) created their own Slavic names for days and months in their languages.

I find the days of the week in Spanish to be the closest to God for being named, take Saturday & Sunday for instance, they are Sabado & Domingo.

Sabado for Saturday, sounds a bit like sabbath which is the Jew's sabbath, & Domingo for Sunday is close to word Dominique which means 'close to the Lord'.

 

[Apple Sky]

I'd stick with Scripture, the months as they are here:

Hebrew Calendar - Meaning & Verses | Bible Encyclopedia

Study the meaning of Hebrew Calendar in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Learn more about the biblical context and references of Hebrew Calendar.

www.biblestudytools.com

And the days as they are in Genesis, First Day, Second Day etc until the seventh, Sabbath

How about you?

The same as you

 

[Apple Sky]

Even if he did, and I can't think of the verse/passage offhand, it doesn't specifically say, "then God created antibiotics". He gave us the ability to discover these things.

Pharmacy is derived from the Greek word pharmakeia, meaning 'use of drugs' in scriptures this was known as sorcery.

The Greek word pharmakeia appears in Galatians 5:20 and Revelation 18:23. Terms from the same root word appear in Revelation 9:21, Revelation 21:8, and Revelation 22:15. These are typically translated into English as “sorcery,” “witchcraft,” or “sorcerer.” Ancient Greek uses of pharmakeia closely mirror the generic modern English word drugs ; the same Greek root word produced English terms such as pharmacy and pharmacist.

 

[prodromos]

I find the days of the week in Spanish to be the closest to God for being named, take Saturday & Sunday for instance, they are Sabado & Domingo.

Sabado for Saturday, sounds a bit like sabbath which is the Jew's sabbath, & Domingo for Sunday is close to word Dominique which means 'close to the Lord'.

Greek culture was dramatically influenced by Christianty such that they abandoned the pagan naming of weekdays entirely.

Kyriaki - Lord's day
Deutera (second) - Monday
Tritii (third) - Tuesday
Tetarti (fourth) - Wednesday
Pempti (fifth) - Thursday
Paraskevi (preparation) - Friday
Savvato (Sabbath) - Saturday

 

[Phil G]

Pharmacy is derived from the Greek word pharmakeia, meaning 'use of drugs' in scriptures this was known as sorcery.

The Greek word pharmakeia appears in Galatians 5:20 and Revelation 18:23. Terms from the same root word appear in Revelation 9:21, Revelation 21:8, and Revelation 22:15. These are typically translated into English as “sorcery,” “witchcraft,” or “sorcerer.” Ancient Greek uses of pharmakeia closely mirror the generic modern English word drugs ; the same Greek root word produced English terms such as pharmacy and pharmacist.

The Greek pharmakeia is translated as sorcery in the Bible but also has a wider meaning of medicine in general. So while Scripture uses it in the context of paganism, that is really the only context the Bible forbids the use of pharmakeia. Otherwise we go down the road of Mormonism , Christian Science, and JW’s and refuse such things as anaesthetics, pain killers and all sorts of life saving medicines.

 

[Apple Sky]

Otherwise we go down the road of Mormonism , Christian Science, and JW’s and refuse such things as anaesthetics, pain killers and all sorts of life saving medicines.

Very wise lot especially with covid on the horizon, a least they wouldn't have got jabbed with the devils juice, which I was dead against.

 

[Phil G]

Very wise lot especially with covid on the horizon, a least they wouldn't have got jabbed with the devils juice, which I was dead against.

Not really, there are members of my own family who would have died if wasn’t for life saving medicines. And I’m not talking about ‘the jab’ either.

 

[Phil G]

Very wise lot especially with covid on the horizon, a least they wouldn't have got jabbed with the devils juice, which I was dead against.

But we’re getting a bit off topic now

 

[JSRG]

I find the days of the week in Spanish to be the closest to God for being named, take Saturday & Sunday for instance, they are Sabado & Domingo.

Sabado for Saturday, sounds a bit like sabbath which is the Jew's sabbath, & Domingo for Sunday is close to word Dominique which means 'close to the Lord'.

What you describe is not unique to Spanish, and is actually the case for all of the major Romance languages (I think possibly all the Romance languages period). Here's the major Romance languages and their names for Saturday and Sunday respectively:

Spanish: Sábado, Domingo
Italian: Sabato, Domenica
Portuguese: Sábado, Domingo
French: Samedi, Dimanche
Romanian: Sambata, Duminica

The reason for this traces back to Latin. The names of the days of the week in Latin are, from Sunday through Saturday: dies Solis (day of the Sun), dies Lunae (day of the Moon), dies Martis (day of Mars), dies Mercurii (day of Mercury), dies Iovis (day of Jupiter), dies Veneris (day of Venus), and dies Saturni (day of Saturn). One may notice that all of these are names of deities, though the days of the week were actually not named after the deities, but instead were named after the planets/sun/moon themselves (which do share names with the deities).

However, due to Christianity's influence, "dies Saturni" and "dies Solis" got dropped in favor of Sabbatum and Dies Dominicus/Dominica, the former obviously coming from the word Sabbath and the latter meaning "day of the Lord". The Romance languages just inherited those names from Latin.

The rest of the days of the week maintain their original Latin terms in most Romance languages, though. Here's Monday through Friday in the major Romance languages again:

Spanish: Lunes, Martes, Miércoles, Jueves, Viernes
Italian: Lunedi, Martedi, Mercoledi, Giovedi, Venerdi
Portuguese: segunda-feira, terça-feira, quarta-feira, quinta-feira, and sexta-feira
French: Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi
Romanian: Luni, Marti, Miercuri, Joi, Vineri

Portuguese is the odd man out. The Portuguese names are numbers instead, meaning second weekday, third weekday, and so on until sixth weekday.

 

[Apple Sky]

What you describe is not unique to Spanish, and is actually the case for all of the major Romance languages (I think possibly all the Romance languages period). Here's the major Romance languages and their names for Saturday and Sunday respectively:

Spanish: Sábado, Domingo
Italian: Sabato, Domenica
Portuguese: Sábado, Domingo
French: Samedi, Dimanche
Romanian: Sambata, Duminica

The reason for this traces back to Latin. The names of the days of the week in Latin are, from Sunday through Saturday: dies Solis (day of the Sun), dies Lunae (day of the Moon), dies Martis (day of Mars), dies Mercurii (day of Mercury), dies Iovis (day of Jupiter), dies Veneris (day of Venus), and dies Saturni (day of Saturn). One may notice that all of these are names of deities, though the days of the week were actually not named after the deities, but instead were named after the planets/sun/moon themselves (which do share names with the deities).

However, due to Christianity's influence, "dies Saturni" and "dies Solis" got dropped in favor of Sabbatum and Dies Dominicus/Dominica, the former obviously coming from the word Sabbath and the latter meaning "day of the Lord". The Romance languages just inherited those names from Latin.

The rest of the days of the week maintain their original Latin terms in most Romance languages, though. Here's Monday through Friday in the major Romance languages again:

Spanish: Lunes, Martes, Miércoles, Jueves, Viernes
Italian: Lunedi, Martedi, Mercoledi, Giovedi, Venerdi
Portuguese: segunda-feira, terça-feira, quarta-feira, quinta-feira, and sexta-feira
French: Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi
Romanian: Luni, Marti, Miercuri, Joi, Vineri

Portuguese is the odd man out. The Portuguese names are numbers instead, meaning second weekday, third weekday, and so on until sixth weekday.

Thanks for your post, very interesting.

What I'd like to know is......When were all the planets named ?

 

[prodromos]

What you describe is not unique to Spanish, and is actually the case for all of the major Romance languages (I think possibly all the Romance languages period). Here's the major Romance languages and their names for Saturday and Sunday respectively:

Spanish: Sábado, Domingo
Italian: Sabato, Domenica
Portuguese: Sábado, Domingo
French: Samedi, Dimanche
Romanian: Sambata, Duminica

The reason for this traces back to Latin. The names of the days of the week in Latin are, from Sunday through Saturday: dies Solis (day of the Sun), dies Lunae (day of the Moon), dies Martis (day of Mars), dies Mercurii (day of Mercury), dies Iovis (day of Jupiter), dies Veneris (day of Venus), and dies Saturni (day of Saturn). One may notice that all of these are names of deities, though the days of the week were actually not named after the deities, but instead were named after the planets/sun/moon themselves (which do share names with the deities).

However, due to Christianity's influence, "dies Saturni" and "dies Solis" got dropped in favor of Sabbatum and Dies Dominicus/Dominica, the former obviously coming from the word Sabbath and the latter meaning "day of the Lord". The Romance languages just inherited those names from Latin.

The rest of the days of the week maintain their original Latin terms in most Romance languages, though. Here's Monday through Friday in the major Romance languages again:

Spanish: Lunes, Martes, Miércoles, Jueves, Viernes
Italian: Lunedi, Martedi, Mercoledi, Giovedi, Venerdi
Portuguese: segunda-feira, terça-feira, quarta-feira, quinta-feira, and sexta-feira
French: Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi
Romanian: Luni, Marti, Miercuri, Joi, Vineri

Portuguese is the odd man out. The Portuguese names are numbers instead, meaning second weekday, third weekday, and so on until sixth weekday.

Apparently Pope Sylvester tried unsuccessfully to have the pagan weekday names replaced with numbers in the West.

Days of the Week

The Western names for days of the week. Prelude to origins of the names of the days of the week in Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Mongolian.

www.cjvlang.com

 

[Strong in Him]

Pharmacy is derived from the Greek word pharmakeia, meaning 'use of drugs' in scriptures this was known as sorcery.

Giving a small tablet, powder or liquid to cure an illness may well have appeared to be sorcery at that time. It isn't now; it's called medicine.

The Greek word pharmakeia appears in Galatians 5:20 and Revelation 18:23. Terms from the same root word appear in Revelation 9:21, Revelation 21:8, and Revelation 22:15. These are typically translated into English as “sorcery,” “witchcraft,” or “sorcerer.”

You seem to be assuming that a Pharmacist - someone trained in chemistry, how certain substances react to others and the effect that medicines have on the body - is the same as a witch or someone tied up with the occult.
That is simply, and obviously, not true.

Ancient Greek uses of pharmakeia closely mirror the generic modern English word drugs ;

There are drugs and drugs.
It's not the drug itself which is bad but the way in which it is used. Painkillers are widely used to relieve pain; take too many of them, or administer them to another person, and you will poison them, or end their lives.

Refuse medication, and the vaccine, for yourself if you want to. But thousands of lives have been saved through them.
I am quite sure you have had medicine for an illness at some point in your life.

 

[Apple Sky]

I am quite sure you have had medicine for an illness at some point in your life.

Yes I have & I am still taking some, but I refused to take the covid jab.